Mass Transit And Freeloaders
Friday, June 6th, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 7 Comments »By Bonnie Sesolak, NMA Development Director Last Friday’s Wall Street Journal had two articles neatly juxtaposed. The first was “Riders Swamp Public Transit” and the second “Revenge of the Freeloaders.” Seemingly, the two articles were completely unrelated, but not really. According to ...
Tired Of High Gas Prices? Don’t Ask The Government For Help
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 24 Comments »By James Baxter, NMA President I don’t like the idea of $4 gasoline, I doubt that anyone does. However, I like gas lines, closed gas stations, and no gasoline at all, even less. That’s what we are likely to end up ...
5 Things You Should Never Tell A Car Salesman
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 7 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Some things you should never tell the guy trying to sell you a car. Such as? 1) How Much You Like The Car Never show emotion; it's the surest way to paying too much. It lets the ...
Reader Feedback: What Do You Want To See?
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 10 Comments »In October 2007, the National Motorists Association Blog was launched with little fanfare. In fact, the first post was initially viewed by only a few hundred people. Fortunately, the blog has grown tremendously since then. We've written over 110 ...
The Motorist Bill Of Rights
Friday, May 16th, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 3 Comments »We've had this on our website for many years, but it's worth posting here for anyone who isn't familiar with it. Motorists deserve to have their rights protected. It's the principle that the NMA was founded on: The right to traffic regulation ...
5 Little Things You Can Do To Save Gas
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 18 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Saving gas is really about saving money -- so it's not necessarily a smart move to sell whatever you're driving now (even if it's a big SUV) in order to buy a more "efficient" car. You ...
Why Don’t Politicians Care About Transportation Issues?
Friday, April 18th, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 6 Comments »By Jim Baxter, NMA President In what has to be history’s longest political campaign, I have yet to hear anything meaningful about public policies that directly affect motorists. Sure, there have been inane and uneducated comments stimulated by major events, like the ...
The NMA’s Seven Sensible Signals
Monday, April 7th, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 7 Comments »One ongoing objective of the National Motorists Association is the improvement of our driving environment. This includes the enhancement of motorist-to-motorist communication. In the late 1980's, we researched and developed a series of seven messages and simple signals to convey these ...
How To Prepare Your Vehicle For Summer Driving
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 2 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Warm weather is just around the corner. Is your car ready? Like winter, the summer driving months have their own unique challenges. While you might not curse a non-working heater, you'll surely be just as unhappy about ...
What To Look For (And Maybe Avoid) In Your Next New Car
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 7 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist There's an engineering principle worth bearing in mind when shopping for a car -- used or new. It is that the greater the complexity of any system, the greater the odds of a failure of some ...
