12 Alerts From the CHECKPOINT Tag

DUID—Driving under the influence of Drugs just took a Turn: NMA E-Newsletter #394

July 31, 2016 • BLOOD WITHDRAWAL, BREATHALYZER, CHECKPOINT, Driver's License, DUI, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FOURTH AMENDMENT, MICHIGAN, NEW YORK, NEWSLETTER, TRAFFIC STOP

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signed into law last month a plan that allows state police to implement one of the most invasive methods of drug testing in the country all in the name of a pilot program:  saliva swab tests. Michigan drivers from 5 counties (yet to be determined) will be the experimental rats so […]

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NMA E-Newsletter #278: Which States Exploit Motorists the Most?

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 […]

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NMA E-Newsletter #276: When the Watchers become the Watched

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 […]

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NMA E-Newsletter #176: Six Simple Words

May 27, 2012 • ARIZONA, CHECKPOINT, DELAWARE, DNA, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, ROADBLOCK, SPEEDING, TRAFFIC STOP

In recent newsletters we’ve offered tips on how to handle yourself in some very specific and potentially perilous roadside situations (recording police during traffic stops and what to do if asked for a DNA sample). Running throughout is the theme…

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NMA E-Newsletter #132: The Roadblock Registry

July 19, 2011 • CALIFORNIA, CHECKPOINT, DUI, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, GEORGIA, NEWSLETTER, ROADBLOCK, SPEED TRAP, TRAFFIC STOP

When it is mentioned that Georgia conducts over 10,000 roadblocks per year, people may naturally assume this is a statistic from the former Soviet country that sits on the southern border of Russia. After all, there can’t be that many roadblocks s…

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