By NMA Arkansas Member Thomas Beckett Editor’s Note: Last Friday, featured Should 18-year-olds Drive Big Rigs, and in response to this newsletter that originally appeared in March 2022, here is a counterpoint from the perspective of a long-time commercial driver that first appeared on the NMA Blog in April 2022. I come to this discussion […]
485 Blog Posts From the Speed Limits Tag
A Former Truck Driver’s Perspective on Whether 18-year-olds Should Drive Big Rigs
June 24, 2022 • 0 Comments • DRIVER EDUCATION, in-cab camera, OOIDA, SAFETY, Speed Limiters, Speed Limits
Countering the Safe Streets/Vision Zero Mindset: NMA E-Newsletter #699
June 6, 2022 • 0 Comments • DUI, ITE, NHTSA, NMA, road safety, Safe Streets, Speed Limits, SPEEDING, Traffic Fatalities, VISION ZERO, VMT
Recently, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued its estimate of 2021 U.S. traffic fatalities. A Reuters headline blared, “U.S. traffic fatalities surge 10.5% in 2021 to highest count since 2005,” followed by the lede, “Traffic deaths surged after coronavirus lockdowns ended in 2020 as more drivers engaged in unsafe behavior like speeding and […]
Speed Trap Karma Part 2: NMA E-Newsletter #698
May 30, 2022 • 0 Comments • LEGISLATION, RADAR, RADAR DETECTOR, REVENUE GENERATION, SPEED LIMIT, Speed Limits, SPEED TRAP, Speed Traps, TICKET FINES, TICKET QUOTA, TICKET REVENUE, traffic enforcement, Traffic Tickets
Reason.com recently published a list of eleven U.S. towns where their police forces were either disbanded or their autonomy as a governmental entity was dissolved because of an addiction to, and dependence on, ticket revenue. We thought it would be informative to present excerpts from Reason’s article for those cities along with select driver-sourced comments […]
Citywide Speed Limit Reductions: Creating Violators in the Name of Safety: NMA E-Newsletter #691
By John Carr, NMA Massachusetts Activist An email claimed that a speed limit reduction in Portland, Oregon “resulted in lower observed vehicle speeds and fewer vehicles traveling at higher speeds.” I was suspicious because it is well known that speed limits and speed limit signs do not have a strong effect on traffic speed. My […]
A Former Truck Driver’s Perspective on Whether 18-year-olds Should Drive Big Rigs: NMA Newsletter #690
April 4, 2022 • 0 Comments • DRIVER EDUCATION, in-cab camera, OOIDA, SAFETY, Speed Limiters, Speed Limits
By NMA Arkansas Member Thomas Beckett I read with interest the NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #685 on allowing 18-year-olds to drive in interstate commerce. I come to this discussion with some experience, having been both a driver and a fleet manager for JB Hunt. In addition to that experience, I also have some insight […]
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