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Out of Chaos Comes Driver Courtesy Part 2–Readers Comments: NMA E-Newsletter #584

March 22, 2020 • Bicycle, Driver Courtesy, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, LICENSE PLATE, NEWSLETTER, NMA, PEDESTRIAN

Editor’s Note:  A number of our weekly newsletter readers had responses to Part 1 of Newsletter #582 Out of Chaos Comes Driver Courtesy. Not only did they send comments, but two also had videos to share of an earlier time when courtesy among all road users was the true rule of the road. This Cambodian […]

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A Speed Theory Quiz: NMA E-Newsletter #583

March 15, 2020 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, NMSL, PEDESTRIAN, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, SPEED LIMIT, TRAFFIC CONGESTION

Let’s have some fun with this. We’re going to quote the opening, middle, and closing paragraphs of a traffic engineering paper, and you guess what year it was published. In fact, let’s simplify that further: In which era was the paper published? Pre 55 mph National Maximum Speed Limit (before 1974) During the NMSL restriction […]

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Out of Chaos Comes Driver Courtesy: NMA E-Newsletter #582

March 8, 2020 • DISTRACTED DRIVING, Driver Courtesy, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, PEDESTRIAN, Road Safety, SAFETY, Scooters, Traffic Signs

More than ten years ago, we reported the fascinating results achieved in Drachten, a small city in The Netherlands that eliminated all traffic signs only to find that out of sanctioned chaos came order. And unending driver courtesy. And a greater sense of safety for all road users. A couple of excerpts from A Different […]

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So What Happens if We Don’t Want Them? NMA E-Newsletter #581

March 1, 2020 • ARIZONA, Autonomous Car, Connected Vehicles, DRIVERLESS CARS, drones, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, Fuel, infrastructure, LEGISLATION, MISSOURI, NEWSLETTER, OOIDA, Road Rage, SAFETY, Technology

In August 2019, 20 truckers with nine trucks held a rally at the Missouri State Capital, protesting the safety of autonomous trucks. They were there to support a bill on the drafting table by State Representative Mike Moon. Downshift to this year’s state legislative session; Moon sponsored and introduced a bill that would require a […]

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Twenty-Eight Years Later: NMA E-Newsletter #580

February 23, 2020 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, NHTSA, SAFETY, SPEED LIMIT, TICKET QUOTA, Traffic Tickets

Every so often, some spring cleaning is required to tidy up and put one’s house in order. We are getting an early start on the seasonal ritual at the NMA offices, and in the process, turned up an interesting opinion piece written by a member who is still very active today. We won’t name names […]

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