TheNewspaper.com Roundup: November 13, 2017

In this week’s TheNewspaper.com Roundup! –1964 Gov Study revealed the danger of slow drivers– –Study finds New Traffic Signal feature improves traffic flow– –NJ–no getting around slow vehicles– Friday, November 10, 2017 Government Study In 1964 Revealed Dangerously Slow Drivers Half a century ago, US government officials were concerned enough about the safety of rural […]

Gotcha Speed Enforcement – Feds Are Complicit: NMA E-Newsletter #460

With great thanks to advocate Joe Bahen, the NMA played an active role in the development of the 2012-2016 Virginia Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP). With the SHSP for the next five years now moving into the implementation phase, Joe continues to work with state officials to craft a safety roadmap that is effective and […]

TheNewspaper.com Roundup: August 14, 2017

In this week’s TheNewspaper.com Roundup! –ALPRs in Virginia– –Texas Toll Road Failures– –Maryland RLC Yellow Lights a Problem– Friday, August 11, 2017 Civil Rights Groups Press Virginia Supremes On Plate Readers Civil rights groups made their case to the Virginia Supreme Court, urging the justices last week to find that the police use of automated […]

TheNewspaper.com Roundup: August 7, 2017

In this week’s TheNewspaper.com Roundup! –Feds reject glove box search– –LA, OH sign petition to end traffic cams– –TX dumps failed toll road– –NMA urges Trump Adm to dump ticket quotas– Friday, August, 4, 2017 Federal Appeals Court Rejects Glove Box Search The march of technology is eliminating another favorite tool police use to search […]

NTSB Wants to Turn Our Highways into a For-Profit Police State

Why does the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) want to change its goal of providing legitimate highway safety research into an advocacy of ever-present, for-profit enforcement aimed primarily at safe drivers who are endangering no one? In a sweeping set of recommendations from its July 25, 2017 public meeting, the NTSB threw down a draconian […]