Curated by Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director Editor’s Note: The ATE Racket Report will be taking a vacation next week, December 2, 2019 and will return again on December 9, 2019. The ATE Racket Report is a weekly feature of the NMA blog. We want to bring the issues of automated traffic enforcement to our […]
84 Blog Posts From the TICKET REVENUE Tag
ATE Racket Report for November 25, 2019
November 25, 2019 • 0 Comments • ALPR, Automated Traffic Enforcement, Corruption, DUE PROCESS, Facial Recognition, LEGISLATION, NMA, PRIVACY, RADAR, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, Speed Cameras, Technology, TICKET CAMERA, TICKET FINES, TICKET REVENUE, TOWING, Traffic Tickets, Yellow Light Duration, YELLOW LIGHTS
“These Cameras Are Not a Safety Tool . . .”: NMA E-Newsletter #556
September 9, 2019 • 0 Comments • Automated Traffic Enforcement, DISTRACTED DRIVING, IIHS, ITE, PRIVACY, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, RIGHT-TURN-ON-RED, SAFETY, TICKET FINES, TICKET REVENUE, traffic safety, Traffic Tickets, VISION ZERO
The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety took a page out of its own book, and that of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), by issuing a recent report on red-light running with a title designed to send the media into a frenzy. “Red Light Running Deaths Hit 10 Year High” did exactly that. While […]
Political Interference in Setting Speed Limits Shouldn’t Happen
August 23, 2019 • 0 Comments • 85TH PERCENTILE, Automated Traffic Enforcement, INSURANCE, Insurance Companies, NMA, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, Speed Limits, TICKET FINES, TICKET REVENUE, VISION ZERO
From guest writer Ian Tootill, who is co-founder of the grassroots British Columbia motorists advocacy group SENSE BC (or Safety by Education and Not Speed Enforcement). SENSE BC and the NMA are kindred spirits, with SENSE advocating for sensible driving standards for more than 23 years and the NMA for over 36. The issues facing drivers in […]
Officer Frank
July 12, 2019 • 0 Comments • Corruption, NMA, REVENUE GENERATION, Ticket Quotas, TICKET REVENUE, TRAFFIC STOP, Traffic Tickets
This post originally appeared as NMA E-Newsletter #538 on May 5, 2019. Editor’s Note: Over the years, the NMA has received occasional contact from law enforcement officers who have complained about department policies, sometimes crafted to avoid direct violation of state anti-ticket-quota laws, which force officers to write a predetermined number of citations during each […]
Motorists in Court—Latest Court Case Updates from Around the Country: NMA E-Newsletter #544
June 17, 2019 • 0 Comments • BLOOD WITHDRAWAL, DUI/DWI, FOURTH AMENDMENT, LEGISLATION, Policing for Profit, REVENUE GENERATION, TICKET FINES, TICKET REVENUE, TOLL, TRAFFIC STOP, Traffic Tickets
This time of year, many state legislatures have wrapped up their yearly bills, but courts never stop. Here are just some of the cases we have been tracking. The Colorado Supreme Court recently declared that an alert by a drug-sniffing police dog to detect marijuana and other drugs no longer provides probable cause for a […]
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