Each Wednesday, we’ll publish quick summaries of the articles from the last week on TheNewspaper.com. We’re doing this because these articles are often strongly connected to the issues that National Motorists Association members are interested in. Wednesday, November 13, 2013 Virginia Supreme Court Saves Toll Roads Toll roads in Virginia have found themselves in legal […]
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TheNewspaper.com Roundup: November 13, 2013
Let’s Talk About Experts
By John Carr, NMA Massachusetts Activist “I’d love to be a Civil War buff. What do you have to do to be a buff?” — George Costanza, Seinfeld An excess of experts Reporters love to attribute statements to road safety experts. I read a lot of driving-related articles. I see a lot of talk of […]
Biased Thinking
By John Carr, NMA Massachusetts Activist Confirmation bias: the tendency to selectively accept evidence that supports existing belief, while ignoring contrary evidence Wishful thinking We hear a lot about safety in debates over traffic rules. We like to think safety is on our side and safety wins any argument. Much of the time we’re fooling […]
Money Talks
By John Carr, NMA Massachusetts Activist Don’t do the crime if you can’t read a rhyme — Any highway sign during mobilization week The federal government likes to throw money at states in return for cooperation in a marketing campaign. Rhyming slogans, mobilizations, zero tolerance, all paid for with your gas taxes. From the state’s […]
Seeing Yellow Before Red
By Gary Biller, NMA President At the heart of the red-light camera debate is the signal timing for the yellow light. Do the cameras improve intersection safety by modifying driver behavior through punishment or are they a financial windfall for local and state governments and the for-profit camera companies? The answer depends largely on whether […]
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