Yesterday, my buddy got into an accident. An actual accident — because it was one he could not have avoided. A minivan pulled out in front of him, struck his Jeep — which spun several times before ending up in a ditch. My buddy is largely unhurt — except for his heart. Because his Jeep, […]
Presumptive vs. Actual Impairment
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January 15, 2019
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BAC, Driver's License, DUI/DWI, Eric Peters, INSURANCE, Insurance Companies, Speed Limits, TRAFFIC STOP, Traffic Tickets
ATE Racket Report for January 14, 2019
January 14, 2019
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ALPR, Automated Traffic Enforcement, CELL PHONE, Facial Recognition, Gas Tax, LEGISLATION, NHTSA, NMA, PRIVACY, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, SCHOOL BUS, SCHOOL BUS CAMERA, Speed Cameras, Speed Limits, Technology, TICKET FIGHTING, TICKET REVENUE, Traffic Tickets, Yellow Light Duration
The ATE Racket Report is a weekly feature of the NMA blog. We want to bring the issues of automated traffic enforcement to our supporters in a more coherent up-to-date fashion. Compiled by NMA Foundation Director James C. Walker and NMA Communications Director Shelia Dunn. The Week of January 5-11, 2019… Russia Today posted […]
The Next Ten Years – Readers’ Edition, Part 1: NMA E-Newsletter #522
January 14, 2019
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85TH PERCENTILE, DISTRACTED DRIVING, DRIVERLESS CARS, DUI/DWI, Infrastructure, NMA, NMA Foundation, PRIVACY, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, Speed Cameras, Speed Limits, Technology
When we published E-Newsletter #520, The Next Ten Years, on December 30, 2018 with predictions from some NMA and NMA Foundation directors of the challenges that the NMA and motoring public are going to face over the next decade, we encouraged readers to provide their insights. And boy, have you. We currently have enough material […]
CES 2019—The Newest Trends and Developments for the Things We Drive
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January 13, 2019
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Auto Industry, CELL PHONE, DRIVERLESS CARS, Electric Motorcycle, Mass Transit, SAFETY, Technology
Whether we can attend or not, many of us enjoy the second week of January because it is time for the yearly Consumer Electronics Show (or CES) in Las Vegas. CES is not just for computers, TVs and phones but more and more—visions for the car of the future. There are two big trends that […]
2019 Chevy Sonic Review
Chevy’s second smallest car is also, as it turns out, one of its roomiest. It’s also less than half the price of Chevy’s smallest car — the Bolt electric car — and it goes twice as far, without having to wait nearly as long. This explains why GM (via the government) needs to pay people […]
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