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Officials Pitch Wishful Thinking as Fact in Washington State Plan to Reduce Driving: NMA E-Newsletter #626

January 10, 2021 • Bicycle, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, MASS TRANSIT, NEWSLETTER, PEDESTRIAN, Road Diets, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, VMT, WASHINGTON

By guest writer Mariya Frost, Director, Coles Center for Transportation Washington Policy Center Editor’s note: This post first appeared on the Washington Policy Center Blog. The state Department of Commerce is very clear about its views on driving: officials must reduce or altogether eliminate people’s need to drive. In their latest draft of the state energy […]

Shenanigans Abound in the Washington State Ballot Initiative over Car Fees: NMA E-Newsletter #575

January 19, 2020 • Bicycle, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, Gas Tax, LEGISLATION, MASS TRANSIT, NEWSLETTER, PEDESTRIAN, REVENUE GENERATION, WASHINGTON

Motorists are not cash cows, and it is time elected officials stop treating us as such! In Washington State, Tim Eyman decided he didn’t think it was fair for everyone in the state to pay for big city transit projects through ever increasing vehicle registration fees (or car tabs, as the locals call them). Anger […]

To Record or Not to Record, That is the Question: NMA E-Newsletter #512

November 4, 2018 • CALIFORNIA, CELL PHONE, CONNECTICUT, Dashcam, Driver's License, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FLORIDA, ILLINOIS, INSURANCE, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, MONTANA, NEVADA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEWSLETTER, PENNSYLVANIA, PRIVACY, Technology, TRAFFIC STOP, WASHINGTON

An interesting phenomenon is being reported by some members. Police officers approaching their vehicles during routine traffic stops are asking an opening question different than the traditional, “Do you know why I stopped you?” Rather, in this day of rising popularity of dashcams and the ubiquitous presence of smartphones, the opening query is just as […]

The Real Police Overtime Scandals: NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #507

September 30, 2018 • 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 […]

The Zipper Merge—Coming to a Construction Zone near You Part 2, Readers Comments: NMA E-Newsletter #501

August 19, 2018 • ARIZONA, ARKANSAS, CALIFORNIA, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, LETTER WRITING, MISSOURI, MONTANA, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, NEWSLETTER, OKLAHOMA, PENNSYLVANIA, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON, ZIPPER MERGE

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. I’m glad one more place seems to have figured this out. Many other places have not. People get the idea that others who are using an open lane to a […]

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