By T.A. Beckett, NMA Arkansas Member Editor’s Note: Mr. Beckett is not an attorney but his mother was a trial lawyer in the New York City area who also taught legal writing and courtroom practice at Hofstra University. He notes that from age 16 until the time he graduated college, he spent time watching her […]
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How I Fought a $50 NYC Red-Light Camera Ticket from 1400 Miles Away (and made them earn it): NMA E-Newsletter #453
September 17, 2017
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CIVIL, CRIMINAL, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEW YORK, New York City, NEWSLETTER, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, Speed Cameras, TICKET CAMERA, TICKET FIGHTING, TICKET REVENUE, TRAFFIC CAMERA
Criminal Traffic Court is the Best Option: NMA E-Newsletter #450
August 27, 2017
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CIVIL, CRIMINAL, DUE PROCESS, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEW YORK, NEWSLETTER, NMA, TICKET FIGHTING, TICKET FINES, TICKET QUOTA, TICKET REVENUE
Whose side are we on anyway? The NMA objects when cities lower the traffic court bar, downgrading routine moving violations from criminal to civil offenses while also issuing lesser fines and eliminating points against defendant driving records. Again, why would we do that? To answer those questions, look no further than the example of jurisprudence […]
The Whisper War: NMA E-Newsletter #448
August 13, 2017
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DUE PROCESS, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, NMA, REVENUE GENERATION, TICKET FINES, TICKET REVENUE, TRAFFIC CAMERA
By James J. Baxter, NMA President Emeritus Editor’s Note: We’re going to play a little game: Can you guess when Jim wrote this newsletter with its references to government entities increasing ticket penalties, the ramping up of enforcement campaigns, and pronouncements of motorized traffic being responsible for all that is wrong in the world? It […]
NTSB Wants to Turn Our Highways into a For-Profit Police State: NMA E-Newsletter #447
August 6, 2017
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DRIVER EDUCATION, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, MUTCD, NEWSLETTER, NHTSA, NMA, NTSB, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, SPEED CAMERA, SPEED LIMIT, SPEEDING, TICKET REVENUE
by Gary Biller, NMA President Why does the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) want to change its goal of providing legitimate highway safety research into an advocacy of ever-present, for-profit enforcement aimed primarily at safe drivers who are endangering no one? In a sweeping set of recommendations from its July 25, 2017 public meeting, the […]
Just How many Motorists are stopped and ticketed in America?: NMA E-Newsletter #446
July 30, 2017
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CALIFORNIA, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, ILLEGAL SEARCH, MONTANA, NEW YORK, NEWSLETTER, NMA, RACIAL PROFILING, REVENUE GENERATION, RHODE ISLAND, TEXAS, TICKET QUOTA, TICKET REVENUE, TRAFFIC STOP
From guest writer Joe Cadillic who writes the MassPrivatel Blog According to The Stanford Open Policing Project which looked at over 100 million police traffic stops in the United States, “Police pull over more than 50,000 drivers on a typical day, more than 20 million motorists every year.” Does that mean 50,000 people are breaking […]
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