June 12, 2016 • Biometrics,
BREATHALYZER,
CALIFORNIA,
CELL PHONE,
COLORADO,
DISTRACTED DRIVING,
DNA,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
LEGISLATION,
NEW YORK,
NEWSLETTER,
PRIVACY,
Technology,
TEXTING New York State has legislation called Evan’s Law that is winding its way through the system. It would allow law enforcement to use a textalyzer to determine if you have been on your phone while driving. This means even hands free phone usage, texting, surfing the web, and engaging with various apps can raise flags. […]
Humans like efficiency and we are always looking for ways to multitask so that we maximize our time to the highest efficiency. Some of us are to the point where we want to take the human out of the equation entirely. When we were children, we dreamed of driving flying cars but probably never thought […]
May 29, 2016 • ARIZONA,
CALIFORNIA,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
LOUISIANA,
MARYLAND,
NEW YORK,
NEWSLETTER,
OHIO,
RED LIGHT CAMERA,
REVENUE GENERATION,
SPEED CAMERA,
TICKET FINES,
TICKET REVENUE Red-light cameras are the biggest local boondoggle ever. Lafayette, Louisiana was recently in the news because the city-parish council decided to extend their red-light camera program another year despite the fact that $12.4 million dollars had not been collected on over 211,000 photo enforced tickets since the program’s inception nine years ago. But the story […]
May 22, 2016 • COLORADO,
DRIVERLESS CARS,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
MICHIGAN,
MONTANA,
NEW YORK,
NEWSLETTER,
OREGON,
PENNSYLVANIA,
SAFETY,
SPEED LIMIT,
Technology The response to our e-newsletter of two weeks ago (Zombie Drivers – Say What?: NMA E-Newsletter #382) has been considerable. That overall interest in the topic of driverless cars is also reflected by the daily influx of related stories to the NMA newsfeeds that fuel the Driving News sections of our Motorists.org state pages. Before […]
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director If you drive a car manufactured after 2003, you probably have smart frontal airbags whether you want them or not. This is a fact of life since frontal airbags have been mandated by the Federal Government. The Federal Highway Administration reports that in 2011, 96% of all new cars had […]
