If cars are so much safer than they used to be — courtesy of the beneficence of the federal government — how come fatalities are increasing rather than decreasing? It’s another one of those awkward questions (like the ones about rivers of molten steel in the basement ruins of the Trade Center Towers) that no […]
118 Blog Posts From the CELL PHONE Tag
All the Safe New Cars
• March 24, 2019 • 2 Comment • ATW, Auto Industry, CELL PHONE, DISTRACTED DRIVING, Eric Peters, SAFETY, Technology, TEXTING
Georgia Restricts Vehicle Cell Phone Usage to Hands Free Devices
March 21, 2019 • 0 Comments • CELL PHONE, DISTRACTED DRIVING, Driver's License, Negligence, SAFETY, TEXTING
From Michael J. Warshauer, an Atlanta Car Accident Attorney with the Warshauer Law Group. In 2011, Georgia enacted a ban on texting while driving which, like many other states, was aimed at reducing the instances of distracted driving. Last year, however, Georgia decided that the ban on texting while driving was not enough and passed […]
Are you being spied on? 3 reasons why motorists should care
After Edward Snowden leaked NSA documents in 2013, a majority of the public suddenly became aware of how far governments were willing to go in a bid to spy on their citizens in the name of national security. Seven years down the line, nothing much has changed. If anything, modes and methods of spying have […]
Adjusting our Clock and our Perception of Cars
It’s that time of year — when we’re forced to reset our clocks again — spring forward! There’s something else that needs re-setting, too. Our frames of reference for cars. There is no longer much amenity difference between “luxury” cars and other cars . . . There is more price difference than there has ever […]
NMA Principle Number 4: Freedom from Invasive Surveillance
• March 8, 2019 • 0 Comments • ALPR, Automated Traffic Enforcement, BLACK BOX, CELL PHONE, connected cars, Driver's License, Facial Recognition, GPS TRACKING, LICENSE PLATE, NTSB, Policing for Profit, PRIVACY, Real ID, Red-Light Cameras, SAFETY, Speed Cameras, Technology, TOLL, V2V, V2X, VMT
The Driving in America Blog was started a year ago to bring more information to those who are beginning their journey as motorists’ rights advocates. Over the next several months, I will be working with each of the seven NMA principles to give readers of this weekly blog some idea of what we all are working towards […]
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