Are Autonomous Trucks a Solution to the Driver Shortage?

By Jack Shaw, Syndicated Columnist The trucking industry faces a global driver shortage, so it has turned to autonomous trucks to close the gap. These self-driving commercial vehicles demonstrate the sector’s future, and the next few years will significantly determine their staying power as logistics professionals equip autonomous fleets. The International Road Transport Union (IRU) […]

NMA E-Newsletter #736: Your Freedom to Travel is Under Attack

By Jay Beeber, Director of Policy & Research, National Motorists Association If there was any doubt before, now we have a clear indication that the WAR ON CARS is real –and it’s being waged at the highest levels of society by authoritarian culture warriors. These tyrannical elitists seek to eliminate our freedom to travel where […]

Checking in with Columbus, Ohio, Winner of the 2016 Smart City Challenge

In 2016, Columbus, OH, beat out 77 other US large and small cities to win the coveted $40 million US Department of Transportation Smart City Challenge. As the state capital and the largest city in Ohio, Columbus has the distinction of being the largest US metropolis (2018 population 892,533) not to have a subway or […]

US Traffic Law History and Why State Laws Are Subordinate

By Chad Dornsife NMA Nevada Activist, Executive Director of Best Highway Safety Practices Institute Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared as NMA E-Newsletter #542 from June 2019. The information is still pertinent. If you would like to receive the weekly NMA E-Newsletter, join today!  Our Founding Fathers knew that the regulation of our nation’s transportation […]

U.S. Traffic Law History and Why State Laws Are Subordinate

By Chad Dornsife, NMA Nevada Activist and Executive Director of Best Highway Safety Practices Institute This post originally appeared as NMA E-Newsletter #542 on June 2, 2019. Editor’s Note: This is Part 1 of what Chad half-jokingly refers to as his manifesto, written nearly ten years ago from a federalist point of view. This installment […]

U.S. Traffic Law History and Why State Laws Are Subordinate: NMA E-Newsletter #542

By Chad Dornsife NMA Nevada Activist, Executive Director of Best Highway Safety Practices Institute Editor’s Note: This is Part 1 of what Chad half-jokingly refers to as his manifesto, written nearly ten years ago from a federalist point of view. This installment details the development of traffic laws in the United States and the origins […]