Ivan Sever, Life Member and former NMA Massachusetts State Coordinator, has never been one to sit back and just take it. About a year ago, the Salem City Council voted to lower the speed limit on Swampscott Road, a busy route driven frequently by Sever, from 40 to 25 mph. No speed study, no discussion, […]
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Salem, MA Speed Limits at Stake: NMA E-Newsletter #508
October 7, 2018
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EMAIL NEWSLETTER, LEGISLATION, MASSACHUSETTS, NEWSLETTER, NMA, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, SPEED LIMIT
Boston’s “Vision Zero” Exposed: Lowering the speed limit increases speeding ticket revenue by 47%: NMA E-Newsletter #506
September 23, 2018
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85TH PERCENTILE, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, Facial Recognition, IIHS, Insurance Company, MASSACHUSETTS, NEWSLETTER, NHTSA, NMA, NMA Foundation, REVENUE GENERATION, RHODE ISLAND, SAFETY, SPEED LIMIT, TICKET REVENUE, VISION ZERO
From guest writer Joe Cadillic of the MassPrivatel Blog All across the country, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is hard at work convincing cities to lower their speed limits to 25 MPH. The national effort to lower speed limits in cities is a fundamental tenet of a movement known as “Vision Zero.” To date, the National Highway […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
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