NMA E-Newsletter #248: Seeing Yellow before Red

October 13, 2013 • 85TH PERCENTILE, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FLORIDA, NEWSLETTER, RED LIGHT CAMERA, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, SHORT YELLOW LIGHT, SPEED LIMIT, TICKET REVENUE, TRAFFIC CAMERA, YELLOW LIGHT, YELLOW LIGHT TIMING, YELLOW LIGHTS

By Gary Biller, NMA President At the heart of the red-light camera debate is the signal timing for the yellow light. Do the cameras improve intersection safety by modifying driver behavior through punishment or are they a financial windfall for local and state governments and the for-profit camera companies? The answer depends largely on whether […]

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NMA E-Newsletter #247: How One Articulate Voice Can Sway Government

October 6, 2013 • Corruption, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, LEGISLATION, LETTER WRITING, MICHIGAN, NEWSLETTER, PRIVACY, RED LIGHT CAMERA, SAFETY, SHORT YELLOW LIGHT, SOCIAL NETWORKING, SPEED CAMERA, TEXAS, TRAFFIC CAMERA, YELLOW LIGHT, YELLOW LIGHT TIMING

Earlier this year, Michigan Representative Wayne Schmidt (with support from a few fellow representatives) introduced two bills to the State Assembly, each designed to pave the way for automated ticketing machines, aka red-light and speed cameras. Michigan currently is one of fifteen states that ban the use of photo enforcement*. The camera companies are keenly […]

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NMA E-Newsletter #246: Silence is no Longer Golden

September 29, 2013 • CRIMINAL, Driver's License, DUE PROCESS, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FLORIDA, INSURANCE, Kentucky, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, MIRANDA WARNING, NEWSLETTER, NMA BLOG, TEXAS

By Ted Levitt, NMA Member Several years ago the NMA published an article I wrote about “Your Right to Remain Silent”. Since then several U.S. Supreme Court rulings have greatly eroded that right. Remaining silent is no longer the right thing to do, in my opinion. Here’s why. In 2010 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that […]

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NMA E-Newsletter #245: The Loss of Objectivity

September 22, 2013 • DUI, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER

By Gary Biller, NMA President The fallout from the National Transportation Safety Board’s call for the legal definition of drunk driving to be lowered from the current 0.08 percent blood alcohol concentration (BAC) across all 50 states to 0.05 is just beginning. The New York Times requested the NMA to provide a 300-word rebuttal to the […]

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NMA E-Newsletter #244: A Driving Tour of Washington, DC, NMA Style

September 15, 2013 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, Parking, RADAR, RED LIGHT CAMERA, SHORT YELLOW LIGHT, SPEED CAMERA, SPEED LIMIT, TRAFFIC CAMERA, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON D.C., YELLOW LIGHT TIMING

(Editor’s Note: Washington, DC has a reputation for being extremely hostile to drivers. Longtime NMA New York Activist Casey Raskob recently took a driving trip to the Washington, DC area and confirmed it with this report.) (Photo courtesy of DC photographer Marty Katz http://washingtonphotographer.com) I’ve driven lots of places, but this last weekend was crazy. I […]

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