Back in the 1960s: Joni Mitchell once sang: “They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.” But city planners who once were blamed for creating space for cars are now reversing direction. The new strategy is to “save paradise and take away a parking lot.” How did we get here? The only way to […]
July 17, 2022 • CELL PHONE,
Drone,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
Facial Recognition,
Fuel Tax,
Gas Tax,
LANE COURTESY,
LEGISLATION,
NEWSLETTER,
Photo Enforcement,
Red-Light Cameras,
School Bus Stop Arm Cameras,
Speed Cameras,
SPEED LIMIT,
TICKET QUOTA,
TICKET REVENUE,
Traffic Tickets The January through June legislative activity at the state and national levels is complete. It is worth reviewing a report card of bills resolved during the period, motorist-related legislation that we followed. Overall, 38 bills that the NMA supported or opposed met the fate we desired as opposed to 21 that went against our wishes. […]
May 29, 2022 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
LEGISLATION,
NEWSLETTER,
RADAR,
RADAR DETECTOR,
REVENUE GENERATION,
SPEED LIMIT,
speed limits,
SPEED TRAP,
speed traps,
TICKET FINES,
TICKET QUOTA,
TICKET REVENUE,
Traffic Enforcement,
Traffic Tickets Reason.com recently published a list of eleven U.S. towns where their police forces were either disbanded or their autonomy as a governmental entity was dissolved because of an addiction to, and dependence on, ticket revenue. We thought it would be informative to present excerpts from Reason’s article for those cities along with select driver-sourced comments […]
May 22, 2022 • ALABAMA,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FLORIDA,
ILLEGAL SEARCH,
LEGISLATION,
NEWSLETTER,
OHIO,
REVENUE GENERATION,
SPEED LIMIT,
SPEED TRAP,
speed traps,
TICKET FINES,
TICKET QUOTA,
TICKET REVENUE,
Traffic Enforcement,
Traffic Tickets Reason.com recently published a list of eleven U.S. towns where their police forces were either disbanded or their autonomy as a governmental entity was dissolved because of an addiction to, and dependence on, ticket revenue. We thought it would be informative to present excerpts from Reason’s article for those cities along with select driver-sourced comments […]
By Clay Wirestone, a guest columnist for the Kansas Reflector Editor’s Note: The Kansas Reflector recently investigated Kansas’ new database for civil asset forfeiture and found many irregularities. Even though this piece is Kansas-focused, the type of issues Wirestone describes, particularly the lack of accountability and transparency, are traits shared by CAF programs in many […]
