How To Reduce Holiday Traffic Fatalities
Thursday, November 29th, 2007 Posted in Helpful Information, Traffic Tickets | 4 Comments »By NMA President, James Baxter The State of Virginia is lamenting the fact that the state's highway fatalities are on track to reach one thousand traffic-related deaths. Bringing this into sharper focus were the 16 fatalities that occurred over the Thanksgiving ...
If You Didn’t Believe Ticket Quotas Existed Before, You Will Now
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 Posted in Corruption, Traffic Tickets | 33 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 | 28 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 Traffic Justice Program: We’ll Pay Your Speeding Ticket
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007 Posted in Helpful Information, Traffic Tickets | 38 Comments »We're serious about changing the traffic enforcement system in this country and we're putting our money where our mouth is. If you're a member of the National Motorists Association and you get a speeding ticket, we're giving you ...
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 | 25 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 ...
7 Ways To Shut Down A Speed Trap
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007 Posted in Helpful Information, Speed Traps, Traffic Tickets | 417 Comments »Speed traps are often used by municipalities as a method of generating revenue to run the government. "Safety" is given as the excuse for running a speed trap, but the real reason boils down to money. ...
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 ...
City Recommends More Intersection Collisions
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007 Posted in Corruption, Red-Light Cameras, Traffic Tickets | 18 Comments »A recent audit of the red-light cameras in Stockton, California showed that accidents significantly increased at intersections where the ticket cameras were installed. In contrast, intersection crashes were down overall at intersections without the cameras. With those ...
“Stop Red Light Running” Exposed As Corporate Lobbying Group
Friday, October 19th, 2007 Posted in Corruption, Red-Light Cameras, Traffic Tickets | 15 Comments »The use of red light ticket cameras has spread to almost 300 cities across the United States. The ticket camera promoters publicly proclaim that these cameras improve traffic safety. Privately they tout the cameras' revenue generating potential to state ...
Minneapolis Refuses To Refund Illegal Ticket Money To Citizens
Thursday, October 18th, 2007 Posted in Corruption, Red-Light Cameras, Traffic Tickets | 5 Comments »A recent court ruling required the city of Minneapolis to refund money to 167 vehicle owners who challenged their traffic tickets. The tickets were given out by the city's automatic ticketing machine called "PhotoCop". Earlier this year, ...
