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A Legal First: Charged with Sleeping while Driving Driverless: NMA E-Newsletter #632

February 21, 2021 • AUTO INDUSTRY, Autonomous Car, DRIVERLESS CARS, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, NHTSA, NTSB, SAFETY, Technology

In July 2020, a Canadian man was charged with dangerous driving and speeding in Alberta for allegedly sleeping in a self-piloted Tesla between Edmonton and Calgary. In the December 11th court trial, witnesses claimed that the driver Leran Cai and his passenger were asleep with their seats fully reclined, traveling 150 km/h (93 mph). His next […]

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So, Who IS Responsible in a Driverless Car Accident?: NMA E-Newsletter #617

November 8, 2020 • Bicycle, CELL PHONE, DISTRACTED DRIVING, DRIVERLESS CARS, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, NHTSA, NTSB, PEDESTRIAN, Road Safety, SAFETY, Technology

By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director For years, an ongoing debate has been raging in the media about who would be responsible when a driverless vehicle injured or killed another road user. Perhaps, we will soon have the answer. In March 2018, Elaine Herzberg jaywalked from a center median with her bicycle across a dark […]

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The Next Ten Years: NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #520

December 30, 2018 • 85TH PERCENTILE, AUTO INDUSTRY, Automated Traffic Enforcement, Congestion Pricing, DRIVERLESS CARS, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FHWA, Insurance Company, ITE, LEGISLATION, NEWSLETTER, NHTSA, NMA, NMA Foundation, NSC, NTSB, POLICING FOR PROFIT, PRIVACY, REVENUE GENERATION, Ridesharing, ROAD-USER FEES, SAFETY, SPEED LIMIT, Technology, TICKET FINES, TICKET REVENUE, TRAFFIC CAMERA, Traffic Safety, Traffic Tickets

We wanted to do something special for Issue #520 because it marks ten years of uninterrupted weekly NMA e-newsletters that, we hope, have provided entertaining (if not thought-provoking) perspectives. To carry on that tradition, NMA and NMA Foundation directors were asked to provide mini essays for the occasion. No one likes homework but they tackled […]

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The 85th Call to Action (Time Sensitive): NMA E-Newsletter #517

December 9, 2018 • 85TH PERCENTILE, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FHWA, ITE, LETTER WRITING, NCUTCD, NEWSLETTER, NMSL, NTSB, SAFETY, SPEED LIMIT, Technology, VISION ZERO, VMT

The Fall 2018 issue of the NMA member magazine Driving Freedoms (“The Big Lie”) sounded a clarion call against the dismantling of established traffic engineering standards by the very agencies tasked with upholding those standards and protecting the public. Swept up in the Vision Zero dream of achieving zero road fatalities, the Federal Highway Administration […]

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NMA Lobbying in DC, Part 1 – Reeling in Traffic Enforcement: NMA E-Newsletter #464

December 3, 2017 • 85TH PERCENTILE, civil asset forfeiture, CIVIL FORFEITURE, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, LEGISLATION, LICENSE PLATE, NEWSLETTER, NHTSA, NMA, NTSB, RED LIGHT CAMERA, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, SPEED CAMERA, SPEED LIMIT, TICKET CAMERA, TICKET FINES, TICKET QUOTA, TICKET REVENUE, WASHINGTON D.C.

By Gary Biller, NMA President  Enabled by contributors to our Spring 2017 Campaign, the NMA is pursuing its 2017-18 National Legislative Agenda in Washington. More precisely the current focus is on two of the agenda items – eliminating federally funded ticket blitzes and restricting the bounds of civil asset forfeiture. Part 2 of this newsletter […]

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