From Michael J. Warshauer, an Atlanta Car Accident Attorney with the Warshauer Law Group. In 2011, Georgia enacted a ban on texting while driving which, like many other states, was aimed at reducing the instances of distracted driving. Last year, however, Georgia decided that the ban on texting while driving was not enough and passed […]
223 Blog Posts From the SAFETY Tag
Georgia Restricts Vehicle Cell Phone Usage to Hands Free Devices
March 21, 2019
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CELL PHONE, DISTRACTED DRIVING, Driver's License, Negligence, SAFETY, TEXTING
Distracted Driving Now Includes Driving with a Pet in Your Lap in Mantua, OH
From Charles Boyk, a Toledo personal injury attorney of Charles E. Boyk Law Offices, LLC. When people hear the term “distracted driving,” they often think it applies to only texting while driving. This is not true, though. In fact, the term refers to anything that takes a driver’s focus off the road. Eating, applying makeup, […]
War on Cars Watch for March 13, 2019
March 13, 2019
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85TH PERCENTILE, Bicycle, Bicyclist, CELL PHONE, Congestion Pricing, Congestion Tolling, Driver's License, DRIVERLESS CARS, E-Scooters, Insurance Companies, LICENSE PLATE, Mass Transit, Policing for Profit, PRIVACY, racial profiling, REVENUE GENERATION, Ridesharing, Road Diets, SAFETY, Scooters, Speed Limits, TOLL, TOLL ROAD, Traffic Calming, Traffic Congestion, traffic safety, Traffic Tickets, VISION ZERO
Welcome to the War on Cars Watch, a weekly blog to bring together all the stories that affect motorists with regards to street planning such as road diets, and traffic calming as well as programs such as Vision Zero and Complete Streets. Please read this blog and let us know what you think by commenting […]
Why No Safety Exemption for the “Little People”?
You may have caught my article about the brand-new 1960s Mustangs you can legally buy — upgraded in all the right places but left alone everywhere else. They have modern, fuel-injected engines, high-capacity four-wheel-disc brakes and modern suspensions that make them the equal — or better — of a brand-new (2019) Mustang not only in […]
ATE Racket Report for March 11, 2019
March 11, 2019
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Automated Traffic Enforcement, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, SCHOOL BUS, School Bus Cameras, Speed Cameras, Speed Traps, TICKET REVENUE, TRAFFIC CAMERA, Traffic Tickets
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. Compiled by NMA Foundation Director James C. Walker and NMA Communications Director Shelia Dunn. For the Week of March 2-8, 2019 National Maryland, […]
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