Editor’s Note: This post first appeared as NMA E-Newsletter #642. If you would like to subscribe to this weekly one-topic newsletter, click HERE to subscribe. Coercion is an ugly word, but lawmakers have been known to use it as a blunt weapon to force compliance by the very people they represent. The latest and all-too-blatant […]
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The Legal Obliteration of Due Process
July 23, 2021 • 0 Comments • Driver's License, DUE PROCESS, LEGISLATION, NMA, SCHOOL BUS, TICKET FINES
Speed Camera Games Played for Profits in Ohio: NMA E-Newsletter #650
June 28, 2021 • 0 Comments • Automated Traffic Cameras, Automated Traffic Enforcement, CIVIL, DUE PROCESS, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, Speed Cameras, Speed Limits, TICKET CAMERA, TICKET FINES, TICKET REVENUE, Traffic Tickets
When will Ohio municipalities ever learn? The Ohio Supreme Court has been working overtime on automated enforcement cases brought by motorists against cities and townships across the state. Justice would be better served if the state prohibited ticket cameras altogether. The difficulty is that the larger cities in Ohio have home-rule authority, i.e., they set […]
The Legal Obliteration of Due Process: NMA E-Newsletter #642
May 3, 2021 • 0 Comments • Driver's License, DUE PROCESS, LEGISLATION, NMA, SCHOOL BUS, TICKET FINES
Coercion is an ugly word, but lawmakers have been known to use it as a blunt weapon to force compliance by the very people they represent. The latest and all-too-blatant example of legislative intimidation is contained within California Senate Bill 111. While this bill is about the use of school bus automated enforcement, a topic […]
Drive 55 Everywhere . . . Or Less
• April 23, 2021 • 0 Comments • 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 […]
Officials use the COVID-19 Crisis to Create Statewide Vehicle Surveillance Programs Run by Rekor Systems
April 21, 2021 • 0 Comments • ALPR, Artificial Intelligence, INSURANCE, LEGISLATION, license plate readers, Parking, PRIVACY, REVENUE GENERATION, Smart Cities, Technology, TICKET FINES, TRAFFIC CAMERA
By Joe Cadillic, Cowriter for NMA’s Street Surveillance Blog and Editor of the MassPrivatel Blog Cash-strapped states are using COVID as an excuse to create AI-driven vehicle recognition or license plate reader surveillance programs. As Rekor Systems President/CEO Robert Berman proudly boasts on the video, “…because our technology works so well for vehicle recognition, we do […]
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