May 11, 2014 • CELL PHONE,
CHECKPOINT,
DRIVER RESPONSIBILITY,
DUE PROCESS,
DUI,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
EVENT DATA RECORDER,
Fuel Tax,
INSURANCE,
LICENSE,
NEWSLETTER,
RED LIGHT CAMERA,
REVENUE GENERATION,
ROADBLOCK,
SEAT BELT,
SPEED CAMERA,
SPEED LIMIT,
SPEED TRAP,
SUPER SPEEDER,
TEXTING,
TOLL,
TOLL ROAD We are putting the finishing touches on “Motorists Beware: Ranking the States that Treat You Worst,” a NMA press release that will be issued to media outlets across the nation on May 19th during the run-up to the Memorial Day holiday weekend. All 50 states plus the District of Columbia are rated and compared across […]
April 28, 2014 • ARIZONA,
CALIFORNIA,
CELL PHONE,
CHECKPOINT,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
GPS TRACKING,
LICENSE PLATES,
MASSACHUSETTS,
NEWSLETTER,
PRIVACY,
ROADBLOCK,
Technology Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (From the Latin: Who’s watching the watchmen?) Think about the web of surveillance that surrounds our daily lives: Google tracks our online behavior. The cable company knows what we watch on TV. Our smart phones track our movements. Government agencies monitor our electronic communications and take pictures of our vehicle license […]
Jason Dewing’s story has a surreal quality to it. Well, it did take place in traffic court so anything is possible. Dewing was stopped by an Upstate New York police officer for driving while using his cell phone. Only he wasn’t using his cell phone, he was smoking an electronic cigarette. The officer didn’t believe […]
March 16, 2014 • BLACK BOX,
CELL PHONE,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FOURTH AMENDMENT,
GPS TRACKING,
ILLEGAL SEARCH,
ILLINOIS,
INSURANCE,
MARYLAND,
MASSACHUSETTS,
NEWSLETTER,
PRIVACY,
Technology,
TRAFFIC STOP,
VIDEOTAPING We talk a lot here about how evolving technology can work for you or against you. A perfect example is the use of cell phones to record police activity during traffic stops. Even though you may be within your rights to record police, they may not see it that way, which can lead to no […]
March 3, 2014 • CELL PHONE,
Driver's License,
DUI,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
ILLEGAL SEARCH,
INSURANCE,
LICENSE PLATES,
NEWSLETTER,
RADAR DETECTOR,
ROADBLOCK,
SPEED LIMIT,
SPEED TRAP,
TICKET FIGHTING,
TRAFFIC STOP It seems that more and more traffic stops these days are escalating into situations beyond the driver’s control. (See the Winter 2014 edition of Driving Freedoms — “We Are All Suspects” — for some jaw-dropping examples.) Knowing how to act during a stop can keep you out of serious trouble. But you also need to know […]
