June 16, 2019 • BLOOD WITHDRAWAL,
COLORADO,
DUI,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FOURTH AMENDMENT,
GEORGIA,
INDIANA,
LEGISLATION,
MASSACHUSETTS,
NEWSLETTER,
POLICING FOR PROFIT,
REVENUE GENERATION,
RHODE ISLAND,
TEXAS,
TICKET FINES,
TICKET REVENUE,
TOLL,
TRAFFIC STOP,
Traffic Tickets,
WISCONSIN This time of year, many state legislatures have wrapped up their yearly bills, but courts never stop. Here are just some of the cases we have been tracking. The Colorado Supreme Court recently declared that an alert by a drug-sniffing police dog to detect marijuana and other drugs no longer provides probable cause for a […]
In NMA E-Newsletter #541 published two weeks ago, we encouraged readers to participate in a short online survey about testing requirements for older drivers. The survey was designed to help us better understand how you feel about licensing standards for advanced-age drivers. Several hundred responses have been received─thank you!─which has made for some interesting reading. […]
By Chad Dornsife NMA Nevada Activist, Executive Director of Best Highway Safety Practices Institute Editor’s Note: This is Part 1 of what Chad half-jokingly refers to as his manifesto, written nearly ten years ago from a federalist point of view. This installment details the development of traffic laws in the United States and the origins […]
In the Spring 2019 issue of the NMA member magazine Driving Freedoms, we introduced a short online survey designed to gauge public sentiment toward driver’s license testing norms for older motorists. As noted in the survey’s introduction, “The baby boomer generation has dominated the roads for several decades, and as they enter their 60s, 70s, […]
May 12, 2019 • civil asset forfeiture,
Driver's License,
DUI,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FLORIDA,
ILLINOIS,
LEGISLATION,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
Predatory Towing,
PUBLIC RECORDS,
REVENUE GENERATION,
TICKET FINES,
TOWING,
Traffic Tickets Cities tow cars for many reasons. They are often towed when doubled parked or left in front of a fire hydrant. If there are too many parking tickets, cities will often boot first, and if the driver does not pay the tickets in a certain amount of time, the boot comes off, and the vehicle […]
