By John Carr, NMA Massachusetts Activist “It’s the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs.” — Han Solo (Nerd rage) — Astronomers everywhere Victory? Last year an Ohio appeals court threw out evidence from a laser gun. Police were using an LTI UltraLyte but there was no evidence that the UltraLyte […]
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Right for the Wrong Reason
August 14, 2012 • 0 Comments • Breathalyzers, DUI/DWI, John Carr, NMA, pretext stops, Speed Limits, Traffic Tickets
TheNewspaper.com Roundup: July 5, 2012
July 5, 2012 • 0 Comments • DUI/DWI, Red-Light Cameras, Roadblocks, Speed Cameras, Speed Limits, TheNewspaper
Each Wednesday, we’ll publish quick summaries of the articles from the last week on TheNewspaper.com. We’re doing this because these articles are often strongly connected to the issues that National Motorists Association members are interested in. Thursday, July 05, 2012 Alabama: Appellate Court Scales Back Roadblocks Roadblocks are illegal if police conducting them fail to […]
Back to the Future
By Gary Biller, NMA President “You might find an interesting experience on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, which was reported by Automotive News a few months ago. You may recall that a limit of 70 mph was set on this superior, divided, limited-access highway, which is higher than the limit applied elsewhere in the state.” Those familiar […]
Speeding Praetorians
By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist If “speeding” — defined as driving faster than the legally posted maximum velocity — is necessarily “unsafe,” why do cops do so routinely? The answer, of course, is: Because they can. More precisely, they can do so with impunity. Who watches the watchmen, after all?
The Pothole is Between His Ears
Editor’s Note: The following article by Steve Prestegard has been reprinted here with permission. Because I’m the only non-sports editorial person in the office and thus have better local things to do, I didn’t attend the Dubuque appearance of U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood in Dubuque, Iowa, recently. The Dubuque Telegraph Herald did:
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