June 4, 2017 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
LANE COURTESY,
LEGISLATION,
MARYLAND,
MICHIGAN,
MONTANA,
NEVADA,
NEW YORK,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
NORTH CAROLINA,
OKLAHOMA,
OREGON,
RHODE ISLAND,
TRAFFIC CONGESTION,
VIRGINIA June is Lane Courtesy Month and many state legislatures are taking on the problem of drivers who impede traffic by camping out in the left lane. The NMA long ago established June as the spotlight month for lane courtesy to raise awareness that keeping right to allow faster traffic to pass is one of the […]
Let’s focus for a moment on the opening statement of the NMA’s Streets That Work initiative: Motorists deserve roads that not only work, but can also be put to work. That means allowing people the freedom to travel to the destination of their choice when they want with the least amount of interference. That is […]
By James C. Walker, Executive Director of the NMA Foundation, and the NMA Staff The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA, ordered the recall of 60 million Takata airbags – which could ultimately affect 100 million vehicles around the world – because the inflators can blow apart and turn into deadly shards of shrapnel when […]
Here’s a quiz. The CEO of an automaker said the following about the advent of self-driving technology: We have full-scale autonomy in development right now. But how we apply this technology will be a little unique. We believe driving pleasure should never die. And we’re selling our products to a core customer who loves driving. […]
May 7, 2017 • CELL PHONE,
DISTRACTED DRIVING,
DUI,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FOURTH AMENDMENT,
ILLINOIS,
NEW YORK,
NEWSLETTER,
PRIVACY,
RADAR DETECTOR,
REVENUE GENERATION,
SAFETY,
Technology,
TENNESSEE,
TEXTING,
TICKET REVENUE,
VIRGINIA Part 1 dealt with how distracted driving enforcement campaigns, fueled by federal highway money, are also dragnets for other offenses. Part 2 examines new law enforcement tools to check on texting while driving. Currently, law enforcement has great difficulty in determining if a driver was using electronic devices before a crash (and more importantly whether […]
