December 20, 2020
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ACLU,
ALPR,
CIVIL,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FOIA,
LICENSE PLATE,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
PRIVACY,
PUBLIC RECORDS,
VIRGINIA
Automatic License Plate Readers or ALPRs can detail a motorist’s comings and goings without any thought of whether the person driving is suspected of nefarious activity. Some motorists around the country are challenging ALPR tracking in court. The latest dispatch comes from Virginia. In 2015, motorist Harrison Neal started his legal battle over the Fairfax […]
November 15, 2020
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ALABAMA,
ARKANSAS,
Bicycle,
CALIFORNIA,
COLORADO,
Electric Vehicle,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
Facial Recognition,
GEORGIA,
infrastructure,
Infrastructure Funding,
MAINE,
MARYLAND,
MASS TRANSIT,
MASSACHUSETTS,
MICHIGAN,
MONTANA,
NEWSLETTER,
OREGON,
PEDESTRIAN,
PRIVACY,
Ridesharing,
Right to Repair,
Search Warrant,
TOLL,
TOLLING,
VIRGINIA,
Voting
Statewide ballot initiatives and local votes on infrastructure and transit have now been finalized from the November 3, 2020 election. Check out the final results below from the motorists’ rights statewide initiatives we outlined in the NMA weekly E-Newsletter #612. Important local election results follow the state ballot initiatives reporting. Statewide Ballot Initiatives Arkansas […]
October 4, 2020
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ARKANSAS,
CALIFORNIA,
Car Care,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
GEORGIA,
MARYLAND,
MASSACHUSETTS,
MICHIGAN,
NEWSLETTER,
PRIVACY,
REVENUE GENERATION,
Ridesharing,
Search Warrant,
VIRGINIA,
Voting
The November 3rd election day is a month away, and mail-in voting has already begun in many states. If you have not cast your ballot yet, be sure to consider motorists’ rights issues in your decisions on which candidates and issues to support. Check out the NMA’s Motorists Vote 2020 Guide (a slideshow with a […]
June 21, 2020
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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. […]
December 22, 2019
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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 […]
