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 […]
99 Blog Posts From the DISTRACTED DRIVING Tag
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
Minding Your Mood and your Eyeballs
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February 4, 2020
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DISTRACTED DRIVING, DRIVERLESS CARS, Eric Peters, Facial Recognition, Insurance Companies, PRIVACY, Speed Limits, Technology
Memory seats are nice. But how about mood minders? In-car sensors that assess your state of mind via eye movements, facial expressions, gestures — even your rising (or falling) heartbeat — and adjust the car accordingly? Some of this is already here. Some new cars come standard with “drowsy driver” monitoring systems. Cameras embedded in the dash […]
The Panopticon Expands: Distracted Driving Cams+
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January 21, 2020
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ALPR, CELL PHONE, CIVIL, DISTRACTED DRIVING, DUE PROCESS, Eric Peters, Parking, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, Speed Cameras, TICKET CAMERA, TICKET FINES, TICKET REVENUE, Traffic Tickets
Precedent always becomes practice. Having established as legitimate the use of cameras to robotically ticket people for “speeding” and “running” red lights — timed to go red quickly, to ensnare as many drivers as possible — it was only a matter of time before the principle to include automatically ticketing people for using their cell […]
CES 2020 Announcements and a whole lot more: Auto Tech Watch for January 12, 2020
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January 12, 2020
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ATW, Auto Industry, Car Care, DISTRACTED DRIVING, DRIVERLESS CARS, Electric Vehicle, Flying Car, Fuel, LIDAR, Technology
CES 2020, the biggest tech convention in the world, hit Los Vegas this past week. CES has become the showcase for all the practical and fantastical upcoming tech across the board including the car of the future. Let’s dig right in to some of the bigger announcements: Product Development: Amazon will expand its voice AI […]
The Slow March toward Forced Temperance: NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #571
December 23, 2019
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DADSS, DISTRACTED DRIVING, IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE, LEGISLATION, NMA, PRIVACY, road safety, Technology
It’s been seven years since we wrote about the Driver Alcohol Detection System and Safety (DADSS) program–A Frog in the Pot, E-newsletter #187–and efforts to make ignition interlock devices standard equipment in all vehicles. Proponents of forcing all drivers to pass alcohol detection testing before being able to operate their cars are nothing if not […]
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