July 7, 2019
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Automated Traffic Enforcement,
CELL PHONE,
civil asset forfeiture,
COLORADO,
CONNECTICUT,
DRIVER EDUCATION,
Driver's License,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FLORIDA,
IDAHO,
ILLEGAL SEARCH,
INDIANA,
LEGISLATION,
LICENSE PLATE,
MARYLAND,
MISSOURI,
MONTANA,
MOVE OVER LAW,
NEVADA,
NEW HAMPSHIRE,
NEW MEXICO,
NEWSLETTER,
NORTH DAKOTA,
OKLAHOMA,
RACIAL PROFILING,
RED LIGHT CAMERA,
REVENUE GENERATION,
SAFETY,
SCHOOL BUS,
SCHOOL BUS CAMERA,
SPEED CAMERA,
SPEED LIMIT,
Technology,
TENNESSEE,
TEXAS,
TRAFFIC CONGESTION,
TRAFFIC STOP,
UTAH,
VIRGINIA
April, May, and June were busy months in state legislatures where many of the bills affecting motorists that were introduced in the first quarter, or carried forward from last year, were resolved. The results were a mixed bag, but the biggest victory was a special one: Governor Greg Abbott of Texas signed into law House […]
By guest writer Joe Cadillic of the MassPrivatel Blog It has been nearly two years since I reported on the dangers of creating a law enforcement run Mental Health Assessment (MHA) program. In Texas, police use MHA’s to “screen” every person they have arrested for mental illness. But the TAPS Act, first introduced in January 2019, would take […]
June 16, 2019
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BLOOD WITHDRAWAL,
COLORADO,
DUI,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FOURTH AMENDMENT,
GEORGIA,
INDIANA,
LEGISLATION,
MASSACHUSETTS,
NEWSLETTER,
POLICING FOR PROFIT,
REVENUE GENERATION,
RHODE ISLAND,
TEXAS,
TICKET FINES,
TICKET REVENUE,
TOLL,
TRAFFIC STOP,
Traffic Tickets,
WISCONSIN
This time of year, many state legislatures have wrapped up their yearly bills, but courts never stop. Here are just some of the cases we have been tracking. The Colorado Supreme Court recently declared that an alert by a drug-sniffing police dog to detect marijuana and other drugs no longer provides probable cause for a […]
Dear NMA Texas Members, Red-Light Cameras are on their way out in TEXAS! Thank you for your ongoing advocacy against RLCs. We encourage you to find out how your elected officials voted and if they voted to ban RLCs thank him or her. If they didn’t give them reasons to reconsider automated traffic enforcement in […]
Dear NMA Texas Members, HB1631 to ban red-light cameras has already passed the House and our members report that the Senate Transportation committee waived the posting requirements on HB1631 to fast track it for a vote possibly as soon as this Friday on the Senate floor. Call or email your state senator today and ask […]
