The Privileged Many: "Professional Courtesy" Exposed
Thursday, April 10th, 2008 Posted in Corruption | 14 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 are not traceable for enforcement purposes. The recipients are ...
The 4 Types Of Red Light Violations And How To Stop Them
Thursday, March 20th, 2008 Posted in Red-Light Cameras | 19 Comments »By Jim Baxter, NMA President Intersection safety issues usually break down into four general problem areas. Each of these situations has unique qualities that defy a universal solution. 1) Red light violations just at the moment of signal change. These are the bread ...
It’s Traffic Ticket Season!
Monday, March 17th, 2008 Posted in Traffic Tickets | 19 Comments »By James Baxter, NMA President When it’s 30 degrees below zero you can drive through a school zone at 60 MPH in relative confidence, even if Officer Jones is spraying the street with radar beams. He isn’t about to exit that ...
More Silly Numbers From AAA
Thursday, March 6th, 2008 Posted in Corruption | 33 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 ...
What Everyone Should Know About Laser Guns
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 Posted in Traffic Tickets | 58 Comments »By James Baxter, NMA President The use of laser speed estimation devices, sometimes referred to as LIDAR, has been accompanied by a lot of heavy breathing and claims of infallibility on the part of law enforcement agencies. “Pinpoint accuracy, undetectable,” ...
How To Avoid An Illegal U-Turn Ticket
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 Posted in Traffic Tickets | 9 Comments »By James Baxter, NMA President The political theory is that traffic laws should be fairly uniform, make sense to the average person, and the difference between legal and illegal behavior should be obvious. That’s the political theory, reality is ...
Construction Zone Tickets: What They Don’t Want You To Know
Monday, February 11th, 2008 Posted in Traffic Tickets | 74 Comments »By Jim Baxter, NMA President Highway work zone accidents and fatalities have been a hot topic over the past decade. Like most hot topics dealing with highway safety issues the misinformation, distortions, and propaganda are dominant in the headlines. For example, the ...
The Fourth Amendment Is Dead
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008 Posted in Motorist Privacy | 45 Comments »By James Baxter, NMA President The Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution has been strangled with convoluted legal rationalizations, riddled with bullets in the form of Supreme Court decisions and drawn and quartered by “creative” law enforcement interpretations. ...
The Wrong Way To Improve Traffic Safety
Friday, January 18th, 2008 Posted in Traffic Tickets | 4 Comments »By NMA President, James Baxter Maryland officials clamor for expanded use of ticket cameras for speed enforcement. Wisconsin legislators introduce a bill to legalize red light ticket cameras. New Jersey Governor signs ...
Fuel Economy & Toll Roads: Using One Problem To Solve Another
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 Posted in Toll Roads | 3 Comments »By NMA President, James Baxter In the February issue of Car and Driver Magazine there were two articles that, in their own way dovetailed together to answer a question no one is ...
