178 Alerts From the SAFETY Tag

Political Interference in Setting Speed Limits Shouldn’t Happen: NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #518

December 16, 2018 • 85TH PERCENTILE, Automatic Traffic Enforcement, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, INSURANCE, Insurance Company, NEWSLETTER, NMA, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, SPEED LIMIT, TICKET FINES, TICKET REVENUE, VISION ZERO

From guest writer Ian Tootill, who is co-founder of the grassroots British Columbia motorists advocacy group SENSE BC (or Safety by Education and Not Speed Enforcement). SENSE BC and the NMA are kindred spirits, with SENSE advocating for sensible driving standards for more than 23 years and the NMA for over 36. The issues facing […]

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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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Ballot Decisions that Affect Motorists–2018 Version: NMA E-Newsletter #513

November 11, 2018 • ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FLORIDA, Fuel Tax, Gas Tax, IDAHO, infrastructure, LOUISIANA, MAINE, MISSOURI, NEVADA, NEW MEXICO, NEWSLETTER, Red-Light Camera, SAFETY, TEXAS, UTAH, Washington State

The mid-term elections are officially over. Ballotpedia stated this week on its website that voters in 37 states decided a total of 155 statewide ballot measures. Not all, of course, were motorist related but a few certainly were. We have also included some important county or city ballot issues that asked voters to raise the […]

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Are Drivers losing the War on Cars? NMA E-Newsletter #511

October 28, 2018 • CALIFORNIA, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, Gas Tax, LETTER WRITING, New York City, NEWSLETTER, NMA, POLICING FOR PROFIT, Red-Light Camera, Road Diet, SAFETY, SPEED LIMIT, SPEED TRAP, TEXAS, TOLL, TOLL ROAD, VISION ZERO

Even though drivers constitute what should be the largest voting block in the country, you would never know it by apathetic motorists who drive blissfully unaware until they are confronted with the reality of the war on cars—which is essentially an effort to get people out of their cars for good through regulations that impede […]

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Salem, MA Speed Limits at Stake: NMA E-Newsletter #508

October 7, 2018 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER, LEGISLATION, MASSACHUSETTS, NEWSLETTER, NMA, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, SPEED LIMIT

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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