November 17, 2019 • ACLU,
ALPR,
BLACK BOX,
EDR,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
EVENT DATA RECORDER,
FLORIDA,
FOURTH AMENDMENT,
GEORGIA,
ILLEGAL SEARCH,
LICENSE PLATE,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
PRIVACY Two motorists recently won Fourth Amendment decisions. Both cases will likely be appealed, and will have major privacy rights implications for how and where we drive our vehicles. ALPRs in Florida Raul Mas Canosa was mad and decided he wasn’t going to take it anymore. The city where he lives, Coral Gables, Florida, tracked his […]
March 24, 2019 • AUTO INDUSTRY,
BAC,
BLACK BOX,
BREATHALYZER,
DISTRACTED DRIVING,
DRIVERLESS CARS,
EDR,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
EVENT DATA RECORDER,
GPS,
IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE,
NEWSLETTER,
NHTSA,
PRIVACY,
SAFETY,
SPEED LIMIT,
TPMS,
VISION ZERO In three years, all new cars and light-trucks purchased in EU countries will be required to include standard price-increasing features that will change how motorists drive. Members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection voted in February to approve a range of new vehicle safety standards initially proposed by the European […]
NMA Newsletter #404 on the devices insurance companies want you to use as part of a good driver program and vehicle black boxes (or event data recorders) brought in some great comments for discussion. We thought we would share a few thoughts from NMA members. To read the October 9th NMA E-Newsletter #404, Don’t (Snap)Shoot Yourself […]
from Gary Biller, NMA President Let’s take a little quiz, one that I’ve given to a few audiences during NMA presentations. First question: Do you feel that you are a better-than-average driver? Second question: Would you consider enrolling in a program like Progressive’s Snapshot in which the insurance company offers a discounted premium for better […]
Nexar, a fast-growing U.S.-Israeli startup, is marketing a smartphone-turned-dashcam app that records the habits of nearby drivers. If any get out of line – a few mph over the posted speed limit, making a sudden lane change, or any other maneuver the app deems as questionable – it records the license plate of the offending […]
