The Privileged Many: "Professional Courtesy" Exposed
Thursday, April 10th, 2008 Posted in Corruption | 11 Comments »By Jim Baxter, NMA President Jennifer Muir of the Orange County Register did a little digging at the California DMV and found that thousands of state employees have special license plates that ...
More Silly Numbers From AAA
Thursday, March 6th, 2008 Posted in Corruption | 15 Comments »By James Baxter, NMA President A little background: The AAA was once known as the American Automobile Association. In the first half of the 20th century it was the pre-eminent spokesman and advocate of American motorists. The American Automobile Association championed ...
Legislator Legislates A Faster Ride Home
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 Posted in Corruption | No Comments »Just in case you were living under the illusion that traffic laws are set by trained professionals (traffic engineers) and not politicians, here comes a story from TheNewspaper.com that is sure to change your mind: Just one day ...
Virginia’s "Abuser Fees" Get Dumped… For The Moment
Monday, January 28th, 2008 Posted in Corruption | 11 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Sometimes, the frog leaps before he's cooked. Remember the story about the frog and the pot of boiling water? So long as you raise the water temperature gradually, Mr. Frog doesn't ...
Scales Of Injustice: The Radargate Corruption Scandal
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007 Posted in Corruption | 8 Comments »This is a guest post by Benjamen Ober, a student at Duke University in the Terry Sanford Institute for Public Policy. Tim Shingara does not look like a man you would expect to be working for the Pennsylvania ...
If You Didn’t Believe Ticket Quotas Existed Before, You Will Now
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 Posted in Corruption, Traffic Tickets | 30 Comments »A ticket quota is a policy that encourages or requires officers to give out a certain number of traffic tickets regardless of how many people are actually violating the law. Here's a quick roundup of stories from this year where ticket ...
No More Fines: A Traffic Safety Revolution
Friday, November 9th, 2007 Posted in Corruption, Traffic Tickets | 24 Comments »By NMA President, James Baxter For over thirty years I have heard every excuse and permutation conceivable to justify more and larger fines for traffic law violations. The one thing they all have in common is that there is no evidence ...
The 10 Biggest Injustices Against Motorists In October
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007 Posted in Corruption, DUI/DWI, Motorist Privacy, Speed Traps, Toll Roads, Traffic Tickets | 22 Comments »It has been a rough month for drivers across the country. Abuses of power continue to run rampant while the public remains surprisingly apathetic. We've put together a list of the ten biggest injustices against motorists this month in ...
Florida Cities Exploit Legal Loophole For Financial Gain
Monday, October 29th, 2007 Posted in Corruption, Red-Light Cameras, Traffic Tickets | 4 Comments »More and more cities in Florida are plotting to create local ordinances that skirt the state's ban on red-light ticket cameras. Larry Lebowitz gives a good overview of the situation in the Miami Herald. Armed with a loophole in state ...
It’s Just A Decimal Point: The Dirty Secret Behind Breathalyzers
Thursday, October 25th, 2007 Posted in Corruption, DUI/DWI | 185 Comments »In 1990, the New Jersey courts declared that the science was settled, the debate was over: breath analysis is a reliable and accurate means by which to determine blood alcohol content (BAC). This proclamation is known as the “Downie ...
