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 […]
49 Alerts From the SPEED TRAP Tag
How Policing for Profit can lead to a Debtors’ Prisons Part 2 Readers Comments: NMA E-Newsletter #430
April 9, 2017
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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 Perpetuation of a Speed Trap Town: NMA E-Newsletter #423
February 19, 2017
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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 […]
NMAlerts is Here! NMA E-Newsletter #422
February 12, 2017
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EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, Red-Light Camera, ROADBLOCK, SPEED CAMERA, SPEED TRAP
On February 9th we released NMAlerts, the enforcement activity app featured in the Winter 2017 issue of Driving Freedoms – the one with the Wizard of Oz meme on the cover. NMAlerts is a new benefit available only to supporting members of the NMA. We have had a lot of fun beta-testing the new app […]
Being Responsive: NMA E-Newsletter #419
The numbers during a recent six-month period told a story about our online traffic that we simply couldn’t ignore: Well over half of the Speedtrap.org and Roadblock.org audiences used mobile devices rather than desktop or laptop computers to view the sites. Speedtrap.org Roadblock.org Visitors per month 25,930 21,190 Accessed site by mobile […]
Respect is a Two-Way Street: NMA E-Newsletter #392
July 17, 2016
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85TH PERCENTILE, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, LICENSE, NEWSLETTER, NMSL, REVENUE GENERATION, SPEED LIMIT, SPEED TRAP, TICKET FINES, TICKET REVENUE, TRAFFIC STOP
Something has to change. In a day and age when traffic stops become literal life-and-death episodes, or at least become the spark that can set off a tinderbox of protest and violence, the interactions between police and motorists need to be examined more closely. Jim Walker, perhaps the NMA’s most prolific member in lobbying for […]
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