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Is Our Property Guilty until Proven Innocent? : NMA E-Newsletter #388

June 19, 2016 • CAF, civil asset forfeiture, CIVIL FORFEITURE, DUE PROCESS, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, ERAD, FIFTH AMENDMENT, FOURTH AMENDMENT, ILLEGAL SEARCH, NEBRASKA, NEW JERSEY, NEWSLETTER, OKLAHOMA, PRIVACY, WISCONSIN

Law Enforcement now using ERADs, seizing cash without an arrest, a warrant and due process. Life as a motorist in America is never easy. Not only do motorists have to contend with red-light cameras with sometimes shortened yellow lights, we have to deal with automated speed cameras, speed traps, road blocks, wolf pack ticket blitzing, […]

NMA E-Newsletter #324: Court Innovations Will Create More Fergusons

March 29, 2015 • CIVIL, CRIMINAL, DRIVER RESPONSIBILITY ACT, DUE PROCESS, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, MICHIGAN, MISSOURI, NEWSLETTER, REVENUE GENERATION, TICKET CAMERA, TICKET FIGHTING, TICKET REVENUE, YELLOW LIGHT TIMING

Editor’s Note: Last week’s newsletter described the Court Innovations system, an online interface that lets ticket recipients plea bargain remotely without having to show up in court. Sounds convenient, but it really amounts to a way for the courts to discourage appeals and to expedite the payment process. A member from Michigan, where this system […]

NMA E-Newsletter #283: He Said, She Said, It Said?

June 15, 2014 • CALIFORNIA, DUE PROCESS, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FLORIDA, LEGISLATION, NEWSLETTER, RED LIGHT CAMERA, REDFLEX, REVENUE GENERATION, SHORT YELLOW LIGHT, TICKET CAMERA, TICKET FIGHTING, TRAFFIC CAMERA, YELLOW LIGHT, YELLOW LIGHT TIMING

Challenging a red-light ticket on constitutional and due process grounds just became more difficult thanks to the California Supreme Court. In a recent ruling (California v. Goldsmith) the court concluded that red-light camera evidence does not constitute hearsay, which is defined as second-hand evidence about a statement made by a person. The court also ruled […]

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 […]

NMA E-Newsletter #256: Sometimes There’s More at Stake than a Fine

December 8, 2013 • DUE PROCESS, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, ILLEGAL SEARCH, Kentucky, NEW JERSEY, NEWSLETTER, TICKET FIGHTING, TICKET FINES

The NMA encourages our members to fight every traffic ticket they get. We do this because we know that fewer than five percent of drivers actually go to the trouble of showing up in court. We also know that pushing back against a system that often gives little consideration to traffic defendants’ rights is the […]

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