July 8, 2018
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ALPR,
Automatic Traffic Enforcement,
Corruption,
Drone,
DUE PROCESS,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FLORIDA,
Insurance Company,
LICENSE PLATES,
MARYLAND,
NEWSLETTER,
NHTSA,
Red-Light Camera,
SAFETY,
SCHOOL BUS,
SCHOOL BUS CAMERA,
SPEED CAMERA,
TICKET CAMERA,
TICKET REVENUE,
YELLOW LIGHT TIMING
As we continue the march toward the publication of the 520th consecutive weekly issue of the NMA e-newsletter later this year, we will on occasion highlight reader favorites over these past ten years. The first installment, NMA E-Newsletter #486, focused on discussions of speed limits. Here we take on the second-most covered newsletter topic through […]
Dear NMA Maryland Members, Our friend at the Maryland Driver’s Alliance Ron Ely has alerted the NMA to two bills, HB1151 and HB1365, that are worthy of your support even though they do not ban speed cameras outright. The Maryland Drivers Alliance has been proposing these changes for years and these two bills would at […]
February 25, 2018
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COLORADO,
Digital Driver's License,
Driver's License,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
Facial Recognition,
IDAHO,
IOWA,
MARYLAND,
NEWSLETTER,
PRIVACY,
Technology,
TRAFFIC STOP,
WASHINGTON D.C.,
WYOMING
Many states currently allow digital proof of insurance during a traffic stop. Will a digital driver’s license or DDL be too far behind? After several years of testing, the state of Iowa will debut later in 2018 a digital driver’s license in cooperation with “augmented identity” specialists IDEMIA, a company that works with about 80 […]
February 4, 2018
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EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FOIA,
MARYLAND,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
NMA Foundation,
PUBLIC RECORDS,
Red-Light Camera,
SHORT YELLOW LIGHT,
SPEED CAMERA,
SPEED LIMIT,
TRAFFIC SIGNAL,
YELLOW LIGHT,
YELLOW LIGHT TIMING
To quote from the NMA Guide to the Freedom of Information Act and State/Municipal Public Records Requests (yes, we do need to work on that title): Constructive reform of government requires a thorough understanding of an issue. Used effectively, the records request helps provide transparency of policy and related activity that are essential ingredients to […]
June 11, 2017
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CALIFORNIA,
DRIVER EDUCATION,
Driver's License,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
LANE COURTESY,
MARYLAND,
NEW JERSEY,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
PENNSYLVANIA,
ROUNDABOUT,
SPEED LIMIT,
VIRGINIA,
WASHINGTON D.C.
from Norman Risch, NMA California Member While the NMA has been increasingly promoting left lane courtesy for years, I can compare several states in which I have lived or worked. California is far worse than Maryland, DC, or Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and most other Eastern states in left and right lane courtesy (not that any […]
