In three years, all new cars and light-trucks purchased in EU countries will be required to include standard price-increasing features that will change how motorists drive. Members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection voted in February to approve a range of new vehicle safety standards initially proposed by the European […]
76 Alerts From the PRIVACY Tag
Vision Zero Invasion of the Car Itself: NMA E-Newsletter #532
March 24, 2019
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AUTO INDUSTRY, BAC, BLACK BOX, BREATHALYZER, DISTRACTED DRIVING, DRIVERLESS CARS, EDR, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, EVENT DATA RECORDER, GPS, IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE, NEWSLETTER, NHTSA, PRIVACY, SAFETY, SPEED LIMIT, TPMS, VISION ZERO
Customer Loyalty Rewarded with 9,000 Highway Spy Cameras: NMA E-Newsletter #527
February 17, 2019
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ALPR, AUTO INDUSTRY, Digital Driver's License, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, Facial Recognition, LICENSE PLATE, MASS TRANSIT, MASSACHUSETTS, NEWSLETTER, PRIVACY, RENTAL CAR, SAFETY, Technology, TEXAS, TOLLING
From guest writer Joe Cadillic, of the MassPrivatel blog The die has been cast, whether it’s digital driver’s licenses, digital license plates, license plate readers or facial recognition cameras. Everyone from private corporations to law enforcement follows the same script; offer Americans customer loyalty rewards programs in exchange for the loss of their privacy. Surveillance […]
The Next Ten Years – Readers’ Edition, Part 1: NMA E-Newsletter #522
January 13, 2019
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85TH PERCENTILE, DISTRACTED DRIVING, DRIVERLESS CARS, DUI, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, infrastructure, NEWSLETTER, NMA, NMA Foundation, PRIVACY, RED LIGHT CAMERA, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, SPEED CAMERA, SPEED LIMIT, Technology
When we published E-Newsletter #520, The Next Ten Years, on December 30, 2018 with predictions from some NMA and NMA Foundation directors of the challenges that the NMA and motoring public are going to face over the next decade, we encouraged readers to provide their insights. And boy, have you. We currently have enough material […]
The Next Ten Years: NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #520
December 30, 2018
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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 […]
Covert Facial Recognition Street Lights—Coming Soon to a Neighborhood near You?: NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #514
November 18, 2018
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Drone, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, Facial Recognition, NEWSLETTER, PRIVACY, Street Lights, Technology, TRAFFIC CONGESTION
From guest writer Joe Cadillic of the MassPrivtel Blog A recent Reuter’s article revealed that ST Engineering has been awarded $5.5 million to install facial recognition street lights in Singapore. ST’s smart street lights come equipped with sensors, LED screens and covert cameras already installed. Incredibly, ST claims their spying street lights can bring “healthcare benefits to residents.” […]
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