We came across an interesting piece the other day on The Truth About Cars website. Writer Seth Parks discusses the problems associated with fearful drivers and goes so far as to claim that fearful drivers “are the greatest ignored danger on the road today.” Overly cautious drivers are all around us, and they do pose […]
March 27, 2016 • 85TH PERCENTILE,
ARIZONA,
CALIFORNIA,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FLORIDA,
LEGISLATION,
LETTER WRITING,
MASSACHUSETTS,
MICHIGAN,
NEWSLETTER,
RED LIGHT CAMERA,
REVENUE GENERATION,
RIGHT-TURN-ON-RED,
SCHOOL BUS CAMERA,
SPEED LIMIT,
TEXAS,
TICKET CAMERA,
TICKET FINES,
TICKET REVENUE,
TOWING,
WEST VIRGINIA The NMA continues to advocate for motorists’ rights at the national, state and local level. Legislatures across the country took up a broad range of motorists’ issues in the first quarter of 2016. Here’s a brief summary of the driving-related issues we addressed. Arizona Opposed House Bill 2366 which would revise Arizona’s red-light camera law […]
March 20, 2016 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA BLOG,
Parking,
PPP,
REVENUE GENERATION,
SAFETY,
SPEED LIMIT,
TOLL,
TOLL ROAD,
TOLLING Back in 2012 Texas State Highway 130, a 41-mile stretch of toll road between Austin and San Antonio, made headlines for posting the highest speed limit in the country—a whopping 85 mph. Today, SH 130 is making headlines for a different reason. The company that runs it just declared bankruptcy. Even with the high speed […]
March 13, 2016 • ARIZONA,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FLORIDA,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA Foundation,
RED LIGHT CAMERA,
REVENUE GENERATION,
SAFETY,
SHORT YELLOW LIGHT,
TICKET CAMERA,
TICKET REVENUE,
YELLOW LIGHT,
YELLOW LIGHT TIMING,
YELLOW LIGHTS Editor’s Note: News that red-light cameras in Jacksonville, Florida, delivered almost $368,000 in profits prompted this recent email exchange between NMA Foundation Executive Director Jim Walker and a city official. Jim’s economic argument against ticket cameras is instructive but clearly fell on deaf ears. His follow-up email is equally powerful. Note the official response to […]
Ecosystem: A system, or a group of interconnected elements, formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their environment What is our transportation network of streets and highways if not an ecosystem? Every day it is teeming with a multitude of users—that sounds a little better than “organisms”—who serve communities in a […]
