As one of the NMA’s current national issues, Civil Asset Forfeiture or CAF is a program that allows the government at all levels to confiscate cash, cars and even homes from people who are suspected of criminal activity. Even if you are ruled innocent, your property is not necessarily returned; a trip to civil court […]
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Down the Rabbit Hole with Civil Asset Forfeiture: NMA E-Newsletter #494
July 1, 2018
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CAF, civil asset forfeiture, CIVIL FORFEITURE, Eighth Amendment, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FOIA, HAWAII, INDIANA, New York City, NEWSLETTER, NMA, OKLAHOMA, RENTAL CAR, REVENUE GENERATION, SPEED LIMIT
Road User Fees May Be Necessary (But Reasonable is a Different Matter): NMA E-Newsletter #483
April 15, 2018
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EMAIL NEWSLETTER, Gas Tax, NEWSLETTER, NMA, PATollsLawsuit2018, PENNSYLVANIA, Pennsylvania Turnpike PennDOT, REVENUE GENERATION, ROAD-USER FEES, TOLLING
A basic principle held by the National Motorists Association is, “Reasonable highway user fees [are] for maintaining and improving highways, not for financing non-highway projects.” (See the other main NMA tenets here.) The recent class action lawsuit the NMA filed with truckers’ association OOIDA against the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission for many years of excessive tolling […]
Taking Tolling to Task: NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #480
March 25, 2018
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EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, NMA, OOIDA, PENNSYLVANIA, REVENUE GENERATION, TOLL, TOLL ROAD, TOLLING
On March 15th, a class action complaint was filed in U.S. District Court in Pennsylvania by the NMA and the Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) that is creating a tsunami-sized wave in the Commonwealth. The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC), its officers, and the governor of Pennsylvania are defendants in the claim that PTC for […]
Congestion Pricing Cannot be the Future of Transportation Funding, Part 1: NMA E-Newsletter #468
December 31, 2017
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EMAIL NEWSLETTER, Gas Tax, MINNESOTA, NEWSLETTER, OREGON, REVENUE GENERATION, TOLL, TOLL ROAD, TOLLING, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON
Single-occupant Northern Virginia commuters had a rude awakening in early December when they used Interstate 66 express lanes and found new tolls spiking as high as $44 for commuting the 10-mile stretch between the Capital Beltway and the District of Columbia. While the Virginia DOT showed that the average round-trip toll during the first week […]
Next Generation Police Tools, Part 2: NMA E-Newsletter #467
December 24, 2017
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EMAIL NEWSLETTER, IOWA, LOS ANGELES, NEWSLETTER, OHIO, RACIAL PROFILING, REVENUE GENERATION, SPEED CAMERA, Technology, TICKET REVENUE, TRAFFIC CAMERA, TRAFFIC STOP, VERMONT
Next Generation Police Tools will be an ongoing feature of the Weekly NMA E-Newsletter. Check out Part 1 HERE. Dragon Cameras Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Dayton, Ohio police departments recently announced they are using “Dragon Cameras,” a handheld device that uses both a laser measuring tool and a camera to capture an image of a […]
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