December 16, 2018 • 85TH PERCENTILE,
Automatic Traffic Enforcement,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
INSURANCE,
Insurance Company,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
REVENUE GENERATION,
SAFETY,
SPEED LIMIT,
TICKET FINES,
TICKET REVENUE,
VISION ZERO From guest writer Ian Tootill, who is co-founder of the grassroots British Columbia motorists advocacy group SENSE BC (or Safety by Education and Not Speed Enforcement). SENSE BC and the NMA are kindred spirits, with SENSE advocating for sensible driving standards for more than 23 years and the NMA for over 36. The issues facing […]
September 23, 2018 • 85TH PERCENTILE,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
Facial Recognition,
IIHS,
Insurance Company,
MASSACHUSETTS,
NEWSLETTER,
NHTSA,
NMA,
NMA Foundation,
REVENUE GENERATION,
RHODE ISLAND,
SAFETY,
SPEED LIMIT,
TICKET REVENUE,
VISION ZERO From guest writer Joe Cadillic of the MassPrivatel Blog All across the country, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is hard at work convincing cities to lower their speed limits to 25 MPH. The national effort to lower speed limits in cities is a fundamental tenet of a movement known as “Vision Zero.” To date, the National Highway […]
July 8, 2018 • ALPR,
Automatic Traffic Enforcement,
Corruption,
Drone,
DUE PROCESS,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FLORIDA,
Insurance Company,
LICENSE PLATES,
MARYLAND,
NEWSLETTER,
NHTSA,
Red-Light Camera,
SAFETY,
SCHOOL BUS,
SCHOOL BUS CAMERA,
SPEED CAMERA,
TICKET CAMERA,
TICKET REVENUE,
YELLOW LIGHT TIMING As we continue the march toward the publication of the 520th consecutive weekly issue of the NMA e-newsletter later this year, we will on occasion highlight reader favorites over these past ten years. The first installment, NMA E-Newsletter #486, focused on discussions of speed limits. Here we take on the second-most covered newsletter topic through […]
This caution comes from a New Jersey member: We should warn NMA members that their auto insurance company lawyers work to protect the interests of the insurer. The insured is wise to considering contracting an attorney for protection from . . . his own insurer. Most of us aren’t naïve enough to believe that our […]
June 3, 2018 • ALPR,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FLORIDA,
Insurance Company,
LICENSE PLATE,
NEW JERSEY,
NEWSLETTER,
TEXAS,
TOLL,
VIRGINIA A requirement of owning a vehicle, the lowly license plate has its place among the more tedious aspects of our driving existence. No one enjoys going on online or waiting at the DMV to purchase their yearly tags. But without them, we would be stopped and fined heavily. Car registration coupled with our faithful license […]