August 9, 2020 • Automated Traffic Enforcement,
CIVIL,
CRIMINAL,
DISTRACTED DRIVING,
Drone,
DUE PROCESS,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
Facial Recognition,
License Plate Readers,
NEWSLETTER,
RACIAL PROFILING,
Red-Light Camera,
SAFETY,
SPEED CAMERA,
SPEED LIMIT,
Traffic Enforcement,
TRAFFIC STOP,
Traffic stops,
Traffic Tickets,
VISION ZERO Editor’s Note: Last week, in Part 1, we discussed ideas for traffic stop reform. This week we delve into some of the thornier issues for reform from the NMA perspective. Recently, Berkeley, California’s city council passed an ordinance to remove police officers out of the traffic enforcement equation. After the requisite planning and community input, […]
August 2, 2020 • civil asset forfeiture,
Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform,
DRIVER EDUCATION,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
ILLEGAL SEARCH,
LEGISLATION,
NEWSLETTER,
POLICING FOR PROFIT,
RACIAL PROFILING,
REVENUE GENERATION,
Road Safety,
SPEED TRAP,
TICKET FINES,
TICKET QUOTA,
TICKET REVENUE,
TRAFFIC STOP,
Traffic Tickets 2020 has undoubtedly been a tough year for all of us. The COVID-19 crisis has changed many aspects of our lives, and so have the protests around the world in the wake of George Floyd’s death. At first, the protests were against police brutality, and now they have turned into calls for police reform. Much […]
July 26, 2020 • Bicyclist,
DUI,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FOIA,
INSURANCE,
NEWSLETTER,
POLICING FOR PROFIT,
PUBLIC RECORDS,
RACIAL PROFILING,
REVENUE GENERATION,
SAFETY,
speed limits,
SPEED TRAP,
TICKET FINES,
TICKET REVENUE,
Traffic Safety,
Traffic stops,
Traffic Tickets By a Michigan NMA Member On July 6, an electronic billboard appeared along I-96 in Redford Township, Michigan, just east of the city limits of Livonia. It warned drivers leaving Detroit, “Driving while black? Racial profiling just ahead. Welcome to Livonia.” Livonia is a racially-mixed city of 97,000, covering 36 square miles of 1950s homes […]
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 […]
In last week’s Induced Demand, A Reality Check, #599, Maryland Member Sherman Johnson raised important concerns that, “even developers must admit that we cannot continue to widen our way out of traffic congestion indefinitely. More highway capacity means more housing developments and more cars on the road (induced demand).” His response was in reaction to […]
