May 17, 2015 • CALIFORNIA,
DRIVERLESS CARS,
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FLORIDA,
INSURANCE,
LEGISLATION,
MICHIGAN,
NEVADA,
NEWSLETTER,
PRIVACY,
SAFETY,
Technology No development in the auto industry has attracted more attention lately than the prospect of driverless cars. And with good reason. Driverless car advocates promise many potential benefits including safer roads, less congestion, greater mobility and convenience, and lower insurance costs. As we pointed out in our summer 2013 Driving Freedoms cover story, driverless cars […]
April 5, 2015 • ARIZONA,
CALIFORNIA,
COLORADO,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
INDIANA,
Kentucky,
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MARYLAND,
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MISSOURI,
NEVADA,
NEWSLETTER,
TENNESSEE,
TEXAS,
VIRGINIA,
WASHINGTON The NMA continues to advocate for motorists’ rights at the national, state and local level. Legislatures across the country took up a broad range of motorists’ issues in the first quarter of 2015. Here’s a brief summary of the driving-related issues we addressed. Arizona Supported Senate Bill 1167 which would ban red-light and speed cameras […]
March 15, 2015 • CALIFORNIA,
DRIVER RESPONSIBILITY,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
NEW YORK,
NEWSLETTER,
REVENUE GENERATION,
SAFETY,
SPEED CAMERA,
SPEED LIMIT,
VISION ZERO,
VMT Vision Zero came to America last year with the election of New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, who campaigned on the promise to eliminate all traffic fatalities in the five boroughs within 10 years. His program for doing so, known as Vision Zero, relies on the usual complement of command-and-control traffic safety interventions, such as: […]
February 8, 2015 • CALIFORNIA,
DELAWARE,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
ILLINOIS,
LANE COURTESY,
LETTER WRITING,
MINNESOTA,
NEWSLETTER,
OKLAHOMA,
ROADBLOCK Last week’s e-newsletter really stirred up member response with an overwhelming number of you rejecting the Seattle driver’s approach to trying to single-handedly wipe out traffic jams and backups. The consensus was that he was obstructing traffic and should have stayed in the far right lane to let faster traffic pass. We agree. Here are […]
The NMA continues to advocate for motorists’ rights at the national, state and local level. Legislatures across the country took up a broad range of motorists’ issues in the second half of 2014. Here’s a brief summary of the driving-related issues we addressed. California Opposed Assembly Bill 1646 which would add a violation point for texting […]
