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NMA E-Newsletter #173: Pleading Guilty or No Contest Could Cost More Than You Think

May 6, 2012 • DUI, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, GEORGIA, ILLINOIS, LICENSE, MICHIGAN, NEW JERSEY, NEWSLETTER, SPEEDING, SUPER SPEEDER, TICKET FIGHTING, TICKET FINES, TRAFFIC STOP

What’s at stake when you get a traffic ticket? A fine. Maybe a couple of points on your license. Pay up and move on, right? What if you found out later that you had to pay an additional penalty due to the nature of your infraction? Would you have …

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NMA E-Newsletter #170: 2012 First Quarter Legislative Update

April 8, 2012 • COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, CRIMINAL, DUI, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FLORIDA, ILLINOIS, IOWA, LANE COURTESY, LASER, LEGISLATION, MARYLAND, MINNESOTA, NEBRASKA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW YORK, NEWSLETTER, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, RADAR, RIGHT-TURN-ON-RED, ROADBLOCK, RTOR, SHORT YELLOW LIGHT, SOUTH DAKOTA, SPEED CAMERA, SPEED LIMIT, TENNESSEE, TICKET CAMERA, UTAH, WYOMING, YELLOW LIGHT TIMING

The NMA is constantly advocating 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 2012. Here’s brief summary of the driving-related iss…

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NMA E-Newsletter #166 – DNA Sampling at Traffic Stops: Ways to Protect Your Privacy

March 11, 2012 • DNA, DUI, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, ILLEGAL SEARCH, LICENSE, NEWSLETTER, PRIVACY, ROADBLOCK, TRAFFIC STOP

In a recent E-newsletter (#163, DNA Sampling for Motorists: The Latest Threat to Privacy) we reviewed the case of People v. Thomas in which a motorist was subjected to DNA testing without his knowledge or consent. The court denied his motion to su…

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NMA E-Newsletter #163 – DNA Sampling for Motorists: The Latest Threat to Privacy

February 19, 2012 • CALIFORNIA, CELL PHONE, DNA, DUI, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FLORIDA, ILLEGAL SEARCH, NEWSLETTER, PRIVACY, TRAFFIC STOP

Drivers face all kinds of threats to their privacy, and one area sure to garner increasing scrutiny is the collection of DNA samples during traffic stops. A recent example comes from California with the case of People v. Thomas. Motorist Troy Cors…

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NMA E-Newsletter #159: Another Case of Quantity over Quality

January 22, 2012 • ARIZONA, CELL PHONE, DUI, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE, INSURANCE, KANSAS, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, MONTANA, NEBRASKA, NEWSLETTER, NORTH CAROLINA, OHIO, SEAT BELT, SOUTH DAKOTA, TEXTING, VIRGINIA, WYOMING

Residents in Arizona, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, Virginia, and Wyoming should be ashamed of themselves. Why? They simply haven’t passed enough traffic safety laws, according to a report from the Advocates for Highway and A…

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