Privacy Groups and Cities fight back against Pervasive Surveillance This article first appeared in the NMA quarterly magazine Driving Freedoms Summer 2018. With no checks and balances, local law enforcement should not be spying on citizens. A number of cities, with the help of privacy groups and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), are opposing […]
15 Blog Posts From the Facial Recognition Tag
No more Policymaking by Procurement
October 12, 2018
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ACLU, ALPR, CELL PHONE, DRONES, Facial Recognition, LEGISLATION, PRIVACY, racial profiling, SAFETY, Technology
Boston’s “Vision Zero” Exposed: Lowering the speed limit increases speeding ticket revenue by 47%: NMA E-Newsletter #506
September 24, 2018
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85TH PERCENTILE, Facial Recognition, IIHS, Insurance Companies, NHTSA, NMA, NMA Foundation, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, SPEED LIMIT, TICKET REVENUE, VISION ZERO
From guest writer Joe Cadillic of the MassPrivatel Blog All across the country, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is hard at work convincing cities to lower their speed limits to 25 MPH. The national effort to lower speed limits in cities is a fundamental tenet of a movement known as “Vision Zero.” To date, the National Highway […]
NMA’s Weekly ATE Racket Report for September 5, 2018
September 5, 2018
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ALPRs, ATE Racket Report, Automate, Automated, Automated License Plate Readers, Automated Traffic, Automated Traffic Cameras, CAF, Civil Asset Forfeiture, Dallas School Bus Camera Scandal, Facial Recognition, license plate readers, Red-Light Cameras, School Zone Speed Cameras, Speed Cameras
Compiled by NMA Foundation Director James C. Walker and NMA Communications Director Shelia Dunn 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. This Week… TheVerge.com posted last week: How Should We Regulate […]
NMA Driving News Weekly Roundup for August 31, 2018
August 31, 2018
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Automated Traffic Enforcement, Car Care, CIVIL, CRIMINAL, DISTRACTED DRIVING, Driver's License, Driving News, DUI/DWI, Facial Recognition, Infrastructure, Insurance Companies, PUBLIC RECORDS, Real ID, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, ROUNDABOUT, SAFETY, Speed Cameras, Speed Limits, Technology, Tips, TOLL, Toll Roads, TRAFFIC CAMERA, Traffic Congestion, VISION ZERO
In this week’s Driving News Roundup: Texas RLCs likely to hit opposition in next Leg Session When Cities Rely on Fines and Fees, Everyone Loses Fed Judge Upholds Right to Flip off Cops After 60 Years of Construction, I-95 is Completed Click on the color headline to read the full story. NMA Driving News Stories […]
NMA’s Weekly ATE Racket Report for August 7, 2018
August 7, 2018
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Automated Traffic Enforcement, Corruption, Facial Recognition, NMA, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, SCHOOL BUS CAMERA, Speed Cameras, Speed Limits, TICKET CAMERA, TICKET REVENUE, Traffic Tickets
Compiled by NMA Foundation Director James C. Walker and NMA Communications Director Shelia Dunn 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. THIS WEEK… NBC News ran a report this past […]
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