43 Alerts From the 85TH PERCENTILE Tag

IMMEDIATE ATTENTION: Municipal Police Radar and a new Steer Clear Law are on the Voting Slate in Pennsylvania

September 16, 2020 • 85TH PERCENTILE, Action Alert, ALERT, Local Police Radar, MOVE OVER LAW, PA, PENNSYLVANIA, Steer Clear Law

Dear Pennsylvania NMA Member, The Pennsylvania General Assembly (state legislature) is in the final stages of the session. Before leaving town for good, lawmakers need to finish the fiscal year budget and plug some gaping holes. Please contact your PA Representative, PA Senator, and Governor Wolf about two bills SB607 and SB1281 (see below). Contact […]

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20 is Plenty (except when it isn’t): NMA E-Newsletter #609

September 13, 2020 • 85TH PERCENTILE, Bicycle, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, ITE, NEWSLETTER, PEDESTRIAN, SAFETY, speed limits, VISION ZERO

The warning signs have been around for a long time. The scramble to fall in line with Vision Zero demands that traffic fatalities be eliminated regardless of the cost to taxpayers, and society in general, has even affected organizations like the Institute of Transportation Engineers that are supposed to be protecting the engineering standards that […]

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What’s Next for Motorists’ Rights—Part 1: NMA E-Newsletter #597

June 21, 2020 • 85TH PERCENTILE, ACLU, ALPR, Automated Traffic Enforcement, Biometrics, CELL PHONE, Contact Tracing, DISTRACTED DRIVING, DMV, Drone, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, Facial Recognition, NEWSLETTER, NMA, NMSL, PRIVACY, RED LIGHT CAMERA, REVENUE GENERATION, Ridesharing, SAFETY, SPEED CAMERA, SPEED LIMIT, Street Surveillance, Technology, TICKET REVENUE, VISION ZERO

The need to advocate for motorists’ rights has grown during the time of COVID. NMA members need to be more vigilant than ever in home communities and home states. This newsletter is a two-parter and comes from what we see trending nationally. This week, we look at speed limits, automated traffic enforcement, and street surveillance. […]

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The Selling of a Narrative: NMA E-Newsletter #591

May 10, 2020 • 85TH PERCENTILE, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, NMA, SAFETY, SPEED LIMIT, SPEEDING, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, Traffic Tickets

By Gary Biller, NMA President The media has never shied away from peddling stories that sell. Often in doing so, the truth gets kicked to the curb or run over. Such is the case in the current lockdown climate where sensationalistic headlines scream that 100+ mph super speeders are taking advantage of less-crowded roads across […]

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NMA Wrap Up of Legislative Activity, 3rd Quarter 2019: NMA E-Newsletter #562

October 20, 2019 • 85TH PERCENTILE, BAC, Bicycle, Complete Streets, Congestion Pricing, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, HAWAII, ILLINOIS, ITE, LEGISLATION, MOVE OVER LAW, NEWSLETTER, NMA, NMA Foundation, NORTH CAROLINA, OREGON, PEDESTRIAN, RADAR, Road Diets, SAFETY, Scooter, SPEED CAMERA, SPEED LIMIT, SPEED TRAP, TICKET CAMERA, TRAFFIC CALMING, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, VISION ZERO, YELLOW LIGHT, YELLOW LIGHT TIMING

July, August, and September were not nearly as active in resolving NMA-tracked legislation as in the second quarter, but October began with some very important events that will have positive ramifications for motorists well into the future. Let’s start with the final disposition of bills in the third quarter:   Bills Opposed by the NMA […]

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