With the first major driving holiday of the summer season approaching, we have analyzed the laws across the country to determine the best and the worst states when it comes to exploiting the motoring public. These state rankings were calculated using seventeen criteria related to specific traffic laws, enforcement practices, and the treatment of traffic […]
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Watch Your Wallet When Driving Through These 10 States
May 22, 2009 • 0 Comments • James Baxter, NMA, Red-Light Cameras, Roadblocks, Speed Cameras, Speed Limits, Speed Traps, Toll Roads, Traffic Tickets
6 Dumb Traffic Laws That Should Be Repealed
November 14, 2008 • 0 Comments • Eric Peters, Roadblocks, Speed Limits, Speed Traps, Traffic Tickets
By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Just because it’s “the law” doesn’t mean it’s right — or even sensible — when it comes to traffic law, anyhow. While we may have no choice but to obey — or risk a ticket — that doesn’t make bad traffic laws any more worthy of our respect than the […]
Use This Card To Stand Up For Your Rights At Roadblocks
The 4th Amendment has been weakened significantly over the years in an effort to allow the use of roadblocks as a law enforcement tool. Fortunately, you still have rights should you choose to exercise them. When citizens are faced with roadblocks, they may politely refuse to answer any of the officer’s questions. To make this […]
A Blueprint For Reasonable Drunk Driving Laws
As a followup to last week’s post on the possibility of mandatory breathalyzers in every vehicle, we thought it would be worth going over the organization’s stance on DUI/DWI laws: The NMA supports drinking and driving regulations based on reasonable standards that differentiate between responsible, reasonable behavior and reckless, dangerous behavior. The NMA does not […]
The Fourth Amendment Is Dead
By James Baxter, NMA President The Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution has been strangled with convoluted legal rationalizations, riddled with bullets in the form of Supreme Court decisions and drawn and quartered by “creative” law enforcement interpretations. This old and oft referred to amendment, an attempt to protect the privacy and property rights of […]
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