178 Alerts From the SAFETY Tag

How Policing for Profit can lead to a Debtors’ Prisons Part 2 Readers Comments: NMA E-Newsletter #430

April 9, 2017 • civil asset forfeiture, CIVIL FORFEITURE, CRIMINAL, Driver's License, DUE PROCESS, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, INSURANCE, NEW YORK, NEWSLETTER, POLICING FOR PROFIT, RED LIGHT CAMERA, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, SPEED TRAP, TICKET REVENUE

The National Motorists Association received some thoughtful comments from readers like you and thought we should share them.  If you missed reading Part 1, click HERE.  Sadly, what you write rings true. My old home town, Cambridge, NY, has for years supported an aggressive policing for profit operation on NY route 22. They have a […]

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The Perpetuation of a Speed Trap Town: NMA E-Newsletter #423

February 19, 2017 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, SPEED LIMIT, speed limits, SPEED TRAP, TICKET FINES, TICKET REVENUE

A tacit arrangement between the Wisconsin Department of Transportation and Rosendale, WI (pop. 1,063) has fueled the tiny village’s notoriety as a stereotypical speed trap town. Rosendale lives up to its reputation by handing out speeding convictions at a per capita rate of more than 50 times that of state capitol Madison.*  Rosendale, 80 miles […]

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Erosion of the Uniform Traffic Code Continues: NMA E-Newsletter #421

February 5, 2017 • 85TH PERCENTILE, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEW JERSEY, NEWSLETTER, RED LIGHT CAMERA, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, SHORT YELLOW LIGHT, SPEED LIMIT, speed limits, speed traps, TICKET REVENUE, YELLOW LIGHT TIMING, YELLOW LIGHTS

By James C. Walker, NMA Life Member and Executive Director of the NMA Foundation  Our news feed of January 24th had this article: Blue police lines on local roads could be safety risk. Several New Jersey communities painted blue lines in between double yellow lines on the roads to honor the police. This is a […]

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Young Adults now targeted for GDL: NMA E-Newsletter #414

December 18, 2016 • CHECKPOINT, DRIVER EDUCATION, Driver's License, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, PRIVACY, ROADBLOCK, SAFETY, Technology

Earlier this month, the National Safety Council and the Traffic Injury Research Foundation outlined additional guidelines to the already implemented Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) Program that has already been implemented in many states. This newest set of guidelines seem more like punishment than an actual gateway to adulthood. For example, all new drivers 21 and […]

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Who Will Fix Rural Roads and Bridges? NMA E-Newsletter #413

December 11, 2016 • CALIFORNIA, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, MASSACHUSETTS, MISSISSIPPI, NEWSLETTER, SAFETY, Technology, TOLLING

The chronic underinvestment in infrastructure dates back to the Reagan Administration. Since the 1980’s, public spending on water and transportation infrastructure fell from around one percent to 0.6 percent of the annual U.S. gross domestic product (GDP). Instead of renewing or building additional infrastructure to keep up with population and current technology, government officials have […]

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