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What about Police Traffic Stop Reform Part 2: NMA E-Newsletter #604

August 9, 2020 • Automated Traffic Enforcement, CIVIL, CRIMINAL, DISTRACTED DRIVING, Drone, DUE PROCESS, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, Facial Recognition, License Plate Readers, NEWSLETTER, RACIAL PROFILING, Red-Light Camera, SAFETY, SPEED CAMERA, SPEED LIMIT, Traffic Enforcement, TRAFFIC STOP, Traffic stops, Traffic Tickets, VISION ZERO

Editor’s Note: Last week, in Part 1, we discussed ideas for traffic stop reform. This week we delve into some of the thornier issues for reform from the NMA perspective. Recently, Berkeley, California’s city council passed an ordinance to remove police officers out of the traffic enforcement equation. After the requisite planning and community input, […]

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. […]

Out of Chaos Comes Driver Courtesy: NMA E-Newsletter #582

March 8, 2020 • DISTRACTED DRIVING, Driver Courtesy, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, PEDESTRIAN, Road Safety, SAFETY, Scooters, Traffic Signs

More than ten years ago, we reported the fascinating results achieved in Drachten, a small city in The Netherlands that eliminated all traffic signs only to find that out of sanctioned chaos came order. And unending driver courtesy. And a greater sense of safety for all road users. A couple of excerpts from A Different […]

The Slow March toward Forced Temperance: NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #571

December 22, 2019 • DADSS, DISTRACTED DRIVING, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE, LEGISLATION, NEWSLETTER, NMA, PRIVACY, Road Safety, Technology

It’s been seven years since we wrote about the Driver Alcohol Detection System and Safety (DADSS) program–A Frog in the Pot, E-newsletter #187–and efforts to make ignition interlock devices standard equipment in all vehicles. Proponents of forcing all drivers to pass alcohol detection testing before being able to operate their cars are nothing if not […]

“These Cameras Are Not a Safety Tool . . .”: NMA E-Newsletter #556

September 8, 2019 • Automated Traffic Enforcement, DISTRACTED DRIVING, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, IIHS, ITE, NEWSLETTER, PRIVACY, RED LIGHT CAMERA, REVENUE GENERATION, RIGHT-TURN-ON-RED, SAFETY, TICKET FINES, TICKET REVENUE, Traffic Safety, Traffic Tickets, VISION ZERO

The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety took a page out of its own book, and that of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), by issuing a recent report on red-light running with a title designed to send the media into a frenzy. “Red Light Running Deaths Hit 10 Year High” did exactly that. While […]

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