By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director Motorist advocates have many choices to make when it comes to fighting for rights. Trends change and either becomes complicated or simplified just because an elected official says “Enough!” Case in point: Texas Governor Greg Abbott vowed when he was running for governor in 2018 that he would like […]
7 Blog Posts From the OOIDA Tag
Driving in America—Are We There Yet?
January 31, 2020
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ALPR, Automated Traffic Enforcement, BLOOD WITHDRAWAL, Breathalyzers, Civil Asset Forfeiture, Corruption, Driver's License, DUI/DWI, FHWA, FOURTH AMENDMENT, Fuel, ILLEGAL SEARCH, LEGISLATION, NHTSA, NMA, OOIDA, Parking, parking tickets, Predatory Towing, racial profiling, Red-Light Cameras, Road Diets, Road Rage, Speed Limits, Speed Traps, TOLL, TOLL ROAD, TOLLING, TOWING, Traffic Congestion, TRAFFIC STOP, Traffic Tickets
Driving in America turns a Corner
January 10, 2020
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BREATHALYZER, Car Care, Driver's License, DUI/DWI, Gas Tax, IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE, Infrastructure, LEGISLATION, Mass Transit, NMA, OOIDA, Parking, Road User Charge, TOLL, VMT Tax
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director I have been writing and curating this blog for the past two years and believe the content that we bring forth from our archives, guest posts, and new information is relevant to what is happening with motorists’ rights today. Every now and then, I will be writing a different […]
The Split-Speed Limit Effect: That “Oh Crap” Look on Drivers’ Faces
November 1, 2019
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LEGISLATION, NMA, OOIDA, SAFETY, Speed Limiters, Speed Limits, Traffic Congestion
Written by Gary Biller, NMA President This post originally appeared in July 2019 as NMA Weekly Newsletter #548. Split speed limits, where certain commercial vehicles such as large trucks are forced to travel at lower speeds than surrounding traffic, are anathema to truckers and car drivers alike. That is why the NMA and the Owner-Operator […]
The Split-Speed Limit Effect: That “Oh Crap” Look on Drivers’ Faces: NMA E-Newsletter #548
July 15, 2019
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LEGISLATION, NMA, OOIDA, SAFETY, SPEED LIMIT, Speed Limiters, Traffic Congestion
Split speed limits, where certain commercial vehicles such as large trucks are forced to travel at lower speeds than surrounding traffic, are anathema to truckers and car drivers alike. That is why the NMA and the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) have often joined forces to oppose the posting of split speeds and the use […]
E-ZPass is Anything But: A Motorist’s Viewpoint
This post originally appeared as an NMA E-Newsletter in February 2019. Abuses by tolling authorities continue to mount. The lawsuit filed last year in U.S. District Court by Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association and the NMA against the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission for collecting inflated tolls to pay for projects unrelated to the operation and maintenance of the Turnpike […]
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