178 Alerts From the SAFETY Tag

The Backwards IIHS: NMA E-Newsletter #356

November 8, 2015 • DRIVER EDUCATION, Driver's License, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, IIHS, MARYLAND, NEWSLETTER, RED LIGHT CAMERA, SAFETY, SPEED CAMERA

The NMA has never been shy about calling out the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) for its agenda-driven “research,” shoddy methodology and reality-defying study results. So, we were skeptical when we read this headline in the latest IIHS newsletter: “Offering skid avoidance course to teen drivers doesn’t improve safety.” The article summarizes a Maryland […]

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IIHS Shills for Camera Industry: NMA E-Newsletter #347

September 6, 2015 • Corruption, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, IIHS, INSURANCE, MARYLAND, NEWSLETTER, RED LIGHT CAMERA, SAFETY, SHORT YELLOW LIGHT, SPEED CAMERA, TICKET CAMERA, TRAFFIC CAMERA, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON D.C., YELLOW LIGHT TIMING, YELLOW LIGHTS

In its 30-page report issued last week about the Montgomery County, Maryland, speed camera program, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) does its best to revive a reeling camera industry. The use of red-light cameras has been declining for a couple of years now in no small part due to corrupt actions by one […]

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The “Gold Standard” for Red-Light Camera Accident Analysis: NMA E-Newsletter #346

August 30, 2015 • CALIFORNIA, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FLORIDA, NEWSLETTER, RED LIGHT CAMERA, SAFETY, TRAFFIC CAMERA

“Red-light cameras have helped cut wrecks by 83% in Richmond,” cheers a recent headline from The Richmond Times-Dispatch. Wow! That sounds almost too good to be true. Let’s read on. A little further into the story we learn that the 83 percent reduction was for a single intersection, not citywide, as the headline implies. And […]

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“Seriously? It’s Come to This?”: NMA E-Newsletter #345

August 23, 2015 • ALPR, ARIZONA, CANADA, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, ILLINOIS, LICENSE PLATE, MASSACHUSETTS, NEWSLETTER, RED LIGHT CAMERA, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, SPEED CAMERA, SPEEDING, Technology, TICKET REVENUE

We find ourselves saying that a lot these days as we run across more and more stories like these: The first comes from Edmonton, Alberta, where officials are considering disguising speed cameras as utility boxes. When asked about the idea, traffic safety director Gerry Shimko had nothing to say about the covert operation’s safety benefits. […]

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No Shortcuts to Navigating a DUI Stop: NMA E-Newsletter #344

August 16, 2015 • BAC, BREATHALYZER, CRIMINAL, Driver's License, DUI, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, INSURANCE, MADD, NEWSLETTER, ROADBLOCK, SAFETY, TRAFFIC STOP

You may have seen this video of an attorney using a novel approach to navigate his way through a DUI roadblock. Essentially he refuses to have any personal contact with the officers by putting his papers in a plastic bag and hanging them out a mostly rolled-up car window. The officers wave him through without […]

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