November 15, 2020 • ALABAMA,
ARKANSAS,
Bicycle,
CALIFORNIA,
COLORADO,
Electric Vehicle,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
Facial Recognition,
GEORGIA,
infrastructure,
Infrastructure Funding,
MAINE,
MARYLAND,
MASS TRANSIT,
MASSACHUSETTS,
MICHIGAN,
MONTANA,
NEWSLETTER,
OREGON,
PEDESTRIAN,
PRIVACY,
Ridesharing,
Right to Repair,
Search Warrant,
TOLL,
TOLLING,
VIRGINIA,
Voting Statewide ballot initiatives and local votes on infrastructure and transit have now been finalized from the November 3, 2020 election. Check out the final results below from the motorists’ rights statewide initiatives we outlined in the NMA weekly E-Newsletter #612. Important local election results follow the state ballot initiatives reporting. Statewide Ballot Initiatives Arkansas […]
October 4, 2020 • ARKANSAS,
CALIFORNIA,
Car Care,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
GEORGIA,
MARYLAND,
MASSACHUSETTS,
MICHIGAN,
NEWSLETTER,
PRIVACY,
REVENUE GENERATION,
Ridesharing,
Search Warrant,
VIRGINIA,
Voting The November 3rd election day is a month away, and mail-in voting has already begun in many states. If you have not cast your ballot yet, be sure to consider motorists’ rights issues in your decisions on which candidates and issues to support. Check out the NMA’s Motorists Vote 2020 Guide (a slideshow with a […]
July 19, 2020 • ARIZONA,
CALIFORNIA,
CIVIL,
civil asset forfeiture,
CRIMINAL,
Driver's License,
Eighth Amendment,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
IDAHO,
INDIANA,
LEGISLATION,
MASSACHUSETTS,
MICHIGAN,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
TICKET FIGHTING,
TICKET FINES,
Traffic Tickets None of us ever want a traffic ticket, but at least many of us can afford to deal with the ticket either by fighting it or paying the fine. You might believe that if you violate a traffic law, no allegedly about it, you should pay the fine. But what if the only recourse for […]
December 15, 2019 • AUTO INDUSTRY,
CAFE,
CALIFORNIA,
Electric Vehicle,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
Fuel,
Gas Tax,
infrastructure,
LETTER WRITING,
NEW YORK,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
SAFETY,
Technology Last week’s newsletter (Part 1, #569) provided a statistical summary of responses to an NMA November online survey seeking feedback about CAFE (corporate average fuel economy) standards. Here, in Part 2, is where the rubber hits the road. Those taking the survey were given the opportunity to include commentary to explain their choices of whether […]
Throughout November, we posted an online survey designed to better understand the sentiment of NMA supporters toward government-imposed CAFE standards. The Corporate Average Fuel Economy regulations established in 2012 mandated automakers to meet a fleetwide average of 54.5 miles per gallon by the vehicle model year 2025. That is quite a leap forward considering the […]