By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director In my position as the NMA Communications Director, I skim or read hundreds of motoring news stories every day to bring you the news and to share trends and perspectives. Up until this week, I rarely ran across articles about checkpoints and roadblocks. The COVID-19 crisis is scary enough, […]
8 Blog Posts From the TOWING Tag
Roadblocks and Checkpoints during the COVID-19 Crisis: Driving in America Blog for April 3, 2020
April 3, 2020
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ACLU, FOURTH AMENDMENT, Fuel, Gas Tax, ILLEGAL SEARCH, LASER, NMA, Predatory Towing, RADAR, Real ID, road safety, Roadblocks, SAFETY, TOWING, traffic stops, YELLOW LIGHT, YELLOW LIGHT TIMING
Say ‘Thank You’ to Your Tires Today
The underappreciated tire gives you performance and comfort, with your life suspended on a mere 25 pounds of rubber and air By guest writer Joel Levin, New Jersey Newspaper Group About 15 years ago, I noticed a telephone installer circumnavigating his truck before driving away. I asked what he was doing. “Checking for hazards and […]
Tesla all over the Map and other Auto Tech Watch News for February 9, 2020
February 9, 2020
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ATW, Auto Industry, Car Care, DRIVER EDUCATION, DRIVERLESS CARS, Electric Vehicle, Flying Car, Infrastructure, INSURANCE, NHTSA, SAFETY, Technology, TOWING, V2X, VMT
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director The electric car company Tesla run by CEO Elon Musk seemed to pull in a great deal of news the past several weeks. The biggest was probably this story: Tesla, which has never had a profitable year, is now worth more than GM, Ford and Fiat Chrysler. Combined. The […]
Driving in America—Are We There Yet?
January 31, 2020
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ALPR, Automated Traffic Enforcement, BLOOD WITHDRAWAL, Breathalyzers, Civil Asset Forfeiture, Corruption, Driver's License, DUI/DWI, FHWA, FOURTH AMENDMENT, Fuel, ILLEGAL SEARCH, LEGISLATION, NHTSA, NMA, OOIDA, Parking, parking tickets, Predatory Towing, racial profiling, Red-Light Cameras, Road Diets, Road Rage, Speed Limits, Speed Traps, TOLL, TOLL ROAD, TOLLING, TOWING, Traffic Congestion, TRAFFIC STOP, Traffic Tickets
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director Motorist advocates have many choices to make when it comes to fighting for rights. Trends change and either becomes complicated or simplified just because an elected official says “Enough!” Case in point: Texas Governor Greg Abbott vowed when he was running for governor in 2018 that he would like […]
ATE Racket Report for November 25, 2019
November 25, 2019
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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
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 […]
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