As we have noted prominently in recent newsletters and email action alerts, the Federal Highway Administration has recommended sweeping changes to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). In Equity and Sustainability (NMA E-Newsletter #637), we criticized the appropriation of those terms, particularly ‘equity,’ to demand broad restrictions on drivers and driving. NMA Director […]
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Equity and the MUTCD: NMA E-Newsletter #644
May 17, 2021
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Automated Traffic Enforcement, Crosswalks, FHWA, MUTCD, racial profiling, REVENUE GENERATION, Speed Limits, stop signs, traffic stops, Traffic Tickets
The Push to Curtail Driving
May 7, 2021
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85TH PERCENTILE, Bicycle, Bicyclist, FHWA, Fuel, MUTCD, NMSL, PEDESTRIAN, SAFETY, Speed Limits, stop signs, Traffic Signals, Traffic Tickets, VISION ZERO
The Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) is the government’s massive document that controls the application of regulatory devices like stop signs, crosswalk markings, and traffic lights. The MUTCD, last updated in 2009, is the current subject of a proposed federal rule by the FHWA. The sweeping revisions suggested by […]
Are Speed Limit Signs (or lack thereof) Disrespectful to Drivers?
April 30, 2021
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Policing for Profit, REVENUE GENERATION, Speed Limits, Speed Traps, TICKET QUOTA, TICKET REVENUE, Traffic Tickets
By Merrill Gehman, an Alaska NMA Member If those who establish, post, and enforce work zone, detour, and other temporary site speed limit signs wonder why so many drivers don’t obey these signs, I can show them a good example. There are a significant number of these sites where drivers are just not respected. Usually, […]
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 […]
Protecting Wildlife and Motorists through Infrastructure Design
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April 2, 2021
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Infrastructure, INSURANCE, Public Private Partnership, SAFETY, Speed Limits, Wild Crossing
Editor’s Note: This article first appeared as NMA E-Newsletter #625. If you would like to receive the weekly newsletter via email, subscribe today! Several states have recently announced that they have added wildlife over and underpasses, with many more on the way. Large animals such as deer, elk, and bears roam seasonally, frequently colliding with […]
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