Pretty soon, our skies everywhere could very well be filled with drones from all the major delivery and online companies: USPS, UPS, FedEx, Alphabet (Google), Amazon, and Walmart. Package air delivery may happen so quickly we will not know what hit us. Many of us may even like the convenience of getting medicine delivered in […]
33 Blog Posts From the DRONES Tag
Are Delivery Drones One of the Greatest Threats to Privacy Americans have Ever Seen?
• September 16, 2020 • 0 Comments • DRONES, Facial Recognition, license plate readers, PRIVACY, SAFETY, Technology
Has the Aerial Surveillance of America now become a Thing?
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director and Joe Cadillic, MassPrivatel Blog Even before the recent protests against police brutality, local police and other governmental agencies were using airplanes to surveil streets. In the summer of 2016, the city of Baltimore secretly used airplanes to surveil its citizens. Let me restate that, the city actually didn’t […]
NHTSA launches Voluntary Website Platform for AV Testing—Why do we Need This?
June 21, 2020 • 0 Comments • connected cars, DRIVERLESS CARS, DRONES, Electric Vehicle, LEGISLATION, NHTSA, SAFETY, V2X
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director Transportation Secretary Elaine Chou made a big splash this week announcing a voluntary reporting mechanism for driverless car companies and states. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration calls the new program, Automated Vehicle Transparency and Engagement for Safe Testing, or AV TEST. It will be online, and anyone with […]
We Don’t Need No Street Surveillance
June 15, 2020 • 0 Comments • ACLU, CELL PHONE, Contact Tracing, Driver's License, DRONES, Facial Recognition, license plate readers, PRIVACY, Real ID, Technology, traffic stops
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director and Joe Cadillic, MassPrivatel Blog The Street Surveillance Watch Blog comes to you biweekly on the National Motorists Association Blog. If you have comments or suggestions, write a comment after this blog or contact us at nma@motorists.org. We Don’t Want No Street Surveillance Joe and I have been wrestling […]
Do we really need Smart Cities?
June 1, 2020 • 0 Comments • ACLU, CELL PHONE, connected cars, Contact Tracing, Driver's License, DRIVERLESS CARS, DRONES, Facial Recognition, LEGISLATION, LICENSE PLATE, license plate readers, PEDESTRIAN, PRIVACY, SAFETY, Smart Cities, street furniture, Street Lights, Technology, TRAFFIC CAMERA
Written by Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director with Joe Cadillic, MassPrivatel Blog The Street Surveillance Watch Blog comes to you biweekly on the National Motorists Association Blog. If you have comments or suggestions, write a comment after this blog or contact us at nma@motorists.org. Do we really need Smart Cities? Even before the COVID0-19 crisis, […]
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