April 23, 2017 • BLACK BOX,
CELL PHONE,
DUI,
EDR,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FLORIDA,
FOURTH AMENDMENT,
INSURANCE,
NEWSLETTER,
NHTSA,
PRIVACY,
SAFETY,
Technology Earlier this month, the Florida Appeals Court in a 2-1 decision found in the 2013 Palm Beach County DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide case involving Charles Worsham Jr that the Fourth Amendment affords an expectation of privacy for vehicle electronic data recorders (EDRs), aka black boxes. Similar to an airplane black box, a vehicle’s EDR […]
April 9, 2017 • civil asset forfeiture,
CIVIL FORFEITURE,
CRIMINAL,
Driver's License,
DUE PROCESS,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
INSURANCE,
NEW YORK,
NEWSLETTER,
POLICING FOR PROFIT,
RED LIGHT CAMERA,
REVENUE GENERATION,
SAFETY,
SPEED TRAP,
TICKET REVENUE The National Motorists Association received some thoughtful comments from readers like you and thought we should share them. If you missed reading Part 1, click HERE. Sadly, what you write rings true. My old home town, Cambridge, NY, has for years supported an aggressive policing for profit operation on NY route 22. They have a […]
A member from North Carolina recently was convicted of a DUI. His story is all too familiar: A 40-year safe driving record with no tickets, lost his job because of the DUI, dealing with the cost/hassle of an ignition interlock on his car, restricted to work-related driving and, after losing auto insurance coverage, forced into a […]
March 5, 2017 • ACLU,
ALASKA,
DUI,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE,
INSURANCE,
IOWA,
MADD,
MONTANA,
NEWSLETTER,
NORTH DAKOTA,
SOUTH DAKOTA,
WYOMING Iowa lawmakers introduced two bills last month that would require motorists who are arrested or convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) to undergo a twice-daily in-person sobriety testing. Those who pass can go about their day. Those who don’t go straight to jail. The proposed 24/7 sobriety bills are aimed at repeat […]
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director Owning a car has always been one of those milestones in a person’s life. When we were kids we dreamed about what kind of car we would own in the future. We dreamed of dragging Main Street so we could visit our friends and crush on each other. We […]
