178 Alerts From the SAFETY Tag


Citywide Speed Limit Reductions: Creating Violators in the Name of Safety: NMA E-Newsletter #691

By John Carr, NMA Massachusetts Activist An email claimed that a speed limit reduction in Portland, Oregon “resulted in lower observed vehicle speeds and fewer vehicles traveling at higher speeds.” I was suspicious because it is well known that speed limits and speed limit signs do not have a strong effect on traffic speed. My […]

A Former Truck Driver’s Perspective on Whether 18-year-olds Should Drive Big Rigs: NMA Newsletter #690

By NMA Arkansas Member Thomas Beckett   I read with interest the NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #685 on allowing 18-year-olds to drive in interstate commerce.    I come to this discussion with some experience, having been both a driver and a fleet manager for JB Hunt. In addition to that experience, I also have some insight […]

Should 18-year-olds Drive a Big Rig? NMA E-Newsletter #685

The minimum age to obtain a commercial driver’s license and drive a tractor-trailer within state boundaries is 18 in all states. Federal guidelines require the driver of 18-wheelers to be at least age 21. That appears to be changing. With the passage of the November 2021 $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Investment Act, Congress requires the Federal […]

The USDOT, Speed Cameras, and Automated Corruption: NMA E-Newsletter #683

It didn’t take long after Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Transportation Secretary, introduced his department’s 42-page National Roadway Safety Strategy for people to grasp the importance of a tiny sentence buried in Note 3 on Page 28 of the report: “Promote speed safety cameras as a proven safety countermeasure.” Protestations emanated from as far away as the […]

And So It Begins—Vision Zero from the Top Down: NMA E-Newsletter #682

US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg recently announced that his department wants to drastically reduce deadly traffic accidents through vehicle and street design changes. The USDOT also plans to use $14 billion in funding from the passage of the bipartisan infrastructure bill to encourage the states to make extensive use of speed cameras to enforce lowered […]

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