May 17, 2020
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ARKANSAS,
Automated Traffic Enforcement,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
GEORGIA,
LOUISIANA,
NEW YORK,
NEWSLETTER,
OKLAHOMA,
Parking Tickets,
POLICING FOR PROFIT,
REVENUE GENERATION,
SPEED TRAP,
TEXAS,
TICKET FINES,
TICKET QUOTA,
TICKET REVENUE,
Traffic Tickets
Editor’s Note: This article was initially written for the Spring edition of Driving Freedoms magazine. The information here pertained primarily to life before the COVID-19 crisis. Still, we believe traffic fines and fees will be even more of an issue for small towns (and big cities) everywhere due to shortfalls in the budgets that have […]
November 11, 2018
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ARIZONA,
CALIFORNIA,
COLORADO,
CONNECTICUT,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FLORIDA,
Fuel Tax,
Gas Tax,
IDAHO,
infrastructure,
LOUISIANA,
MAINE,
MISSOURI,
NEVADA,
NEW MEXICO,
NEWSLETTER,
Red-Light Camera,
SAFETY,
TEXAS,
UTAH,
Washington State
The mid-term elections are officially over. Ballotpedia stated this week on its website that voters in 37 states decided a total of 155 statewide ballot measures. Not all, of course, were motorist related but a few certainly were. We have also included some important county or city ballot issues that asked voters to raise the […]
September 30, 2018
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ARIZONA,
ARKANSAS,
Automatic Traffic Enforcement,
CALIFORNIA,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
LOUISIANA,
MASSACHUSETTS,
NEWSLETTER,
Red-Light Camera,
SAFETY,
SPEED TRAP,
TEXAS,
TICKET CAMERA,
TICKET QUOTA,
Traffic Tickets,
WASHINGTON
Much has been written about the Massachusetts State Police Overtime Scandal. A number of officers have been arrested for federal counts of embezzlement for allegedly cutting hours or outright skipping overtime (OT) traffic enforcement shifts on the MA turnpike while getting paid in full. Forty-two members of Troop E have been implicated and the troop […]
March 11, 2018
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ALASKA,
Digital Driver's License,
Driver's License,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
IDAHO,
ILLINOIS,
Kentucky,
LOUISIANA,
MAINE,
MASSACHUSETTS,
MINNESOTA,
MISSOURI,
MONTANA,
NEW HAMPSHIRE,
NEW JERSEY,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
NORTH DAKOTA,
OKLAHOMA,
OREGON,
PENNSYLVANIA,
Real ID,
RHODE ISLAND,
SOUTH CAROLINA,
VIRGINIA,
WASHINGTON,
WASHINGTON D.C.
With the February 25, 2018 newsletter regarding the advent of digital driver’s licenses, it is an appropriate time to provide an update on the implementation of the REAL ID Act of 2005. Over the past 12 years, the NMA and other civil liberties organizations have lobbied against REAL ID which in effect would convert your […]
October 29, 2017
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DRIVER EDUCATION,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
ILLINOIS,
LEGISLATION,
LOUISIANA,
NEW JERSEY,
NEW YORK,
NEWSLETTER,
NORTH CAROLINA,
TEXAS,
TRAFFIC STOP,
VIRGINIA
Illinois, Louisiana, North Carolina, Texas, and Virginia have passed legislation that mandates schools teach students how to conduct themselves around police. Texas passed its law in the last legislative session and mandated that high schools and especially driver’s education courses train students how to conduct themselves around law enforcement. Texas also passed a law to […]
