By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director In my position as the NMA Communications Director, I skim or read hundreds of motoring news stories every day to bring you the news and to share trends and perspectives. Up until this week, I rarely ran across articles about checkpoints and roadblocks. The COVID-19 crisis is scary enough, […]
Roadblocks and Checkpoints during the COVID-19 Crisis: Driving in America Blog for April 3, 2020
April 3, 2020
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ACLU, FOURTH AMENDMENT, Fuel, Gas Tax, ILLEGAL SEARCH, LASER, NMA, Predatory Towing, RADAR, Real ID, road safety, Roadblocks, SAFETY, TOWING, traffic stops, YELLOW LIGHT, YELLOW LIGHT TIMING
Traffic Stop 101: Stop and Identify Laws
March 27, 2020
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Driver's License, Fifth Amendment, FOURTH AMENDMENT, INSURANCE, LICENSE PLATE, TRAFFIC STOP
By NMA Texas Member Ted Levitt I want to impart some information here about traffic stops, and before I do that, I want to tell a story about a traffic stop I saw recently on television. I will not get into the validity (or not) of the Sovereign Citizen Movement here, but I do know […]
Big Bike and Common Sense
March 20, 2020
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Bicycle, PEDESTRIAN, Red-Light Cameras, Road Diets, road safety, Speed Cameras, Speed Limits, Traffic Calming, Traffic Congestion, traffic safety, VISION ZERO
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director Editor’s Note: This piece first appeared as NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #578, which was emailed to NMA members on February 9, 2020. If you would like to receive the weekly E-Newsletter, a one-topic dive into an important aspect of motorists’ rights, become an NMA member today! When did traffic safety become […]
International Anti-Car Nonsense
Editor’s Note: This piece first appeared as NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #576, which was emailed to NMA members on January 26, 2020. If you would like to receive the weekly E-Newsletter, a one-topic dive into an important aspect of motorists’ rights, become an NMA member today! We recently updated and republished a popular post, Do Vision Zero Programs […]
The Slow March toward Forced Temperance
March 6, 2020
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DADSS, DISTRACTED DRIVING, IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE, LEGISLATION, NMA, PRIVACY, road safety, Technology
Editor’s Note: This piece first appeared as NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #571 which was emailed to NMA members on December 22, 2019. If you would like to receive the weekly E-Newsletter, a one-topic dive into an important aspect of motorists rights, become an NMA member today! It’s been seven years since we wrote about the Driver Alcohol […]
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