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 […]
193 Blog Posts From the Speed Traps Tag
War on Cars Watch for February 13, 2019
February 13, 2019
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Black Boxes, Civil Asset Forfeiture, Congestion Pricing, Driver's License, DUI/DWI, E-Scooters, EVENT DATA RECORDER, Mass Transit, NHTSA, NMA, NTSB, racial profiling, REVENUE GENERATION, RIGHT-TURN-ON-RED, Road Diets, Roadblocks, SAFETY, Scooters, Speed Limits, Speed Traps, Technology, Ticket Quotas, TICKET REVENUE, Toll Roads, TOLLING, TRAFFIC STOP, Traffic Tickets, VISION ZERO, VMT Tax
War on Cars Watch for February 6, 2019
February 6, 2019
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Auto Industry, Civil Asset Forfeiture, Congestion Pricing, DRIVERLESS CARS, DRONES, E-Scooters, Fuel, INSURANCE, Insurance Companies, LEGISLATION, NMA, NTSB, Real ID, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, Ridesharing, Road Diets, SAFETY, Speed Limits, Speed Traps, Technology, Traffic Congestion, TRAFFIC STOP, Traffic Tickets, VISION ZERO, VMT Tax
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 […]
1987 Again . . . Briefly: Thoughts on a Traffic Stop Encounter
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February 5, 2019
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Eric Peters, Insurance Companies, LASER, RADAR DETECTOR, Speed Limits, Speed Traps, TRAFFIC STOP, Traffic Tickets
Yesterday, I had an encounter with an armed government worker on a motorcycle, running a speed trap. And running laser, which is kryptonite to even the best radar detector because you get no warning. If the detector detects laser, you are already detected. Which is just what happened to me. Bingo! You “win.” I was […]
ATE Racket Report for February 4, 2019
February 4, 2019
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ALPR, Automated Traffic Enforcement, CELL PHONE, Corruption, Facial Recognition, LICENSE PLATE, NMA, Policing for Profit, PRIVACY, Red-Light Cameras, SAFETY, SCHOOL BUS, SCHOOL BUS CAMERA, Speed Cameras, Speed Traps, Technology, TICKET FINES, 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. The Week of January 26—February 1, 2019… Our Friends […]
Are Drivers Losing the War on Cars?
January 25, 2019
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Automated Traffic Cameras, Bicycle, Driver's License, Gas Tax, LETTER WRITING, NMA, Policing for Profit, Red-Light Cameras, Road Diets, SAFETY, Speed Limits, Speed Traps, TOLL, Toll Roads, VISION ZERO
This piece first appeared as weekly NMA E-Newsletter #511 on October 28, 2018. Even though drivers constitute what should be the largest voting block in the country, you would never know it by apathetic motorists who drive blissfully unaware until they are confronted with the reality of the war on cars—which is essentially an effort […]
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