6 Dumb Traffic Laws That Should Be Repealed
Friday, November 14th, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 21 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Just because it's "the law" doesn't mean it's right -- or even sensible -- when it comes to traffic law, anyhow. While we may have no choice but to obey -- or risk a ticket -- that ...
A "Reasonable And Prudent" Approach To Speed Limits
Thursday, November 6th, 2008 Posted in Speed Limits | 28 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist "Speeding" is one of those things that's very much in the eye of the beholder -- and the letter of the law. There is the ...
Ford’s MyKey System: The Rise Of The Mom Culture
Thursday, October 30th, 2008 Posted in Technology | 6 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Yesterday's tyrannies came to us in the name of the people - or the race or the nation. We may get ours in the name of the children. At least, when it comes to our cars ...
Brand New Speed Trap Exchange Website Launched!
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 Posted in Speed Traps | 3 Comments »After a lengthy development process, we've launched our completely redesigned Speed Trap Exchange Website (www.speedtrap.org), a popular listing of known speed traps across the United States. Speedtrap.org is the oldest active website on the Internet devoted to exposing unethical law enforcement ...
How To Objectively Identify Unsafe Drivers
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 Posted in Traffic Tickets | 45 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist For years I have been arguing that the most objective -- and perhaps, definitive -- measure of a driver's ability to drive safely is whether he or she has been involved in an at-fault accident. Speeding tickets, ...
Satellite-Enforced Speed Limits: A Glimpse Of Our Future?
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 Posted in Speed Limits | 12 Comments »The United Kingdom has always been at the forefront of the enforcement technology craze. Unfortunately, programs that are implemented there -- extensive camera enforcement for example -- often end up in the United States years later. That's what makes this story ...
The Effect Of Speed Limits On Actual Travel Speeds
Thursday, August 21st, 2008 Posted in Speed Limits | 435 Comments »By Jim Walker, NMA Michigan Member I have worked closely with the Michigan State Police for several years in their pursuit of correcting as many Michigan posted speed limits to the correct 85th percentile speed level as possible. Yes, we have ...
Driver Re-Education: The Hypocrisy Of Speed Enforcement
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 Posted in Speed Limits | 52 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Recently, I spent eight hours attending "driving school." Unfortunately, it wasn't Bob Bondurant's school. And it wasn't really about driving so much as it was about spending eight hours dutifully pretending that the entire shebang wasn't anything ...
The Effect Of A National Speed Limit On Traffic Safety & Fuel Prices
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 Posted in Speed Limits | 20 Comments »By James Baxter, NMA President In 1982 Congress authorized the National Academy of Science to do a study that documented the “benefits” of the 55 MPH National Maximum Speed Limit (NMSL). I, as the President of the organization most critical of the ...
The Old Man In The Buick — And The Return Of Drive 55?
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 Posted in Speed Limits | 19 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist GOP Senator John Warner probably doesn't drive himself anywhere; he is flown, or chauffeured -- at state expense and top speed. Which may explain why he is peddling reduced speed limits to "save fuel" for the ...
