November 11, 2018
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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 […]
Dear Texas NMA Members, 2019 might indeed be the year to ban red-light cameras (RLC) from the state of Texas. Our friends at TRASH YOUR TICKET sent out this alert late last week and we thought you should know about in case you want to assist in the first of many efforts to rid of […]
October 28, 2018
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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 […]
October 14, 2018
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CALIFORNIA,
COLORADO,
Digital Driver's License,
DMV,
Driver's License,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
HAWAII,
IDAHO,
MINNESOTA,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
NORTH CAROLINA,
Real ID,
TEXAS
For years, comedians have made fun of long lines at the DMV (Departments of Motor Vehicles), but you know what…it’s not really funny anymore. The widespread problem seems to be three-fold. · Short term: A number of states are now under a tight deadline to implement REAL ID and motorists must apply for one in […]
September 30, 2018
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ARIZONA,
ARKANSAS,
Automatic Traffic Enforcement,
CALIFORNIA,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
LOUISIANA,
MASSACHUSETTS,
NEWSLETTER,
Red-Light Camera,
SAFETY,
SPEED TRAP,
TEXAS,
TICKET CAMERA,
TICKET QUOTA,
Traffic Tickets,
WASHINGTON
Much has been written about the Massachusetts State Police Overtime Scandal. A number of officers have been arrested for federal counts of embezzlement for allegedly cutting hours or outright skipping overtime (OT) traffic enforcement shifts on the MA turnpike while getting paid in full. Forty-two members of Troop E have been implicated and the troop […]
