Dear Governor Baker, Don’t do it! Don’t allow red-light cameras to become entrenched in Massachusetts under the guise of traffic safety. For years, state lawmakers have been trying to bring in these automated traffic enforcement devices. They might indeed improve one area for the state by bringing more cash to hard-hit municipalities. “Policing for Profit” […]
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Open Letter to Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker on the Proposed Use of Red-Light Cameras
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May 5, 2021
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Automated Traffic Enforcement, Corruption, DUE PROCESS, LICENSE PLATE, NMA, Policing for Profit, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, TICKET CAMERA, TICKET REVENUE, traffic safety, Traffic Tickets, YELLOW LIGHT, Yellow Light Duration, YELLOW LIGHT TIMING
The Legal Obliteration of Due Process: NMA E-Newsletter #642
May 3, 2021
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Driver's License, DUE PROCESS, LEGISLATION, NMA, SCHOOL BUS, TICKET FINES
Coercion is an ugly word, but lawmakers have been known to use it as a blunt weapon to force compliance by the very people they represent. The latest and all-too-blatant example of legislative intimidation is contained within California Senate Bill 111. While this bill is about the use of school bus automated enforcement, a topic […]
More Hands on Deck: NMA E-Newsletter #641
April 26, 2021
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Bicyclist, FHWA, MUTCD, NMA, PEDESTRIAN, road safety, SAFETY, SPEED LIMIT, stop signs, Traffic Signals
Member response to the NMA’s April 13th email alert and last week’s newsletter, All Hands on Deck, #640, has been tremendous. This grassroots campaign is focused on convincing the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) that key components of its planned update to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) will make the roads less, not […]
Drive 55 Everywhere . . . Or Less
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April 23, 2021
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85TH PERCENTILE, Automated Traffic Enforcement, Eric Peters, FHWA, INSURANCE, Insurance Companies, MUTCD, NMA, NMSL, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, Speed Limits, Technology, TICKET FINES, TICKET REVENUE, traffic safety, Traffic Tickets, VISION ZERO
Speed limits are about to become limitless as in, whatever those who set them say they are. This has always been true, to an extent in that all speed limits are, to a degree, arbitrary. People are subject to a ticket, i.e., being extorted by armed government workers, acting on behalf of the government simply […]
The Consequences of Ignoring the Law
By Gary Biller, NMA President Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared as NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #628, emailed in January 2021. If you would like to receive the weekly newsletter, register today at the NMA! At the urging of the late motorists’ advocate extraordinaire, Jim Walker, the NMA provided grant support for the defense of a […]
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