January 3, 2016 • ALERT,
alerts,
COLORADO,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
LEGISLATION,
LETTER WRITING,
MASSACHUSETTS,
MICHIGAN,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA Foundation,
Parking,
PENNSYLVANIA,
PUBLIC RECORDS,
RADAR,
RED LIGHT CAMERA,
SEAT BELT,
TOLLING,
TRAFFIC CAMERA The legislative process slows down throughout the fall and into the holidays since most state legislatures have recessed for the year. Look for much more activity in the first quarter of 2016. However, we did see a few notable proposals that required our members’ attention in the fourth quarter of 2015, which we will summarize […]
August 23, 2015 • ALPR,
ARIZONA,
CANADA,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FLORIDA,
GEORGIA,
ILLINOIS,
LICENSE PLATE,
MASSACHUSETTS,
NEWSLETTER,
RED LIGHT CAMERA,
REVENUE GENERATION,
SAFETY,
SPEED CAMERA,
SPEEDING,
Technology,
TICKET REVENUE We find ourselves saying that a lot these days as we run across more and more stories like these: The first comes from Edmonton, Alberta, where officials are considering disguising speed cameras as utility boxes. When asked about the idea, traffic safety director Gerry Shimko had nothing to say about the covert operation’s safety benefits. […]
September 14, 2014 • BAC,
DUI,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
INSURANCE,
MASSACHUSETTS,
NATIONAL,
NEWSLETTER,
SAFETY,
SCHOOL BUS CAMERA,
WYOMING By a Massachusetts NMA Member I’ve been impressed with NMA’s diligence for years now, but I think you might need to take a closer look at slide three of the presentation at http://www.alcoholstats.com/uploads/DrunkDrivingStatistics.pdf before jumping into the politicized waters surrounding DUI and the BAC threshold. If I’m reading the chart correctly, in 2010 the total number of […]
June 29, 2014 • 85TH PERCENTILE,
CALIFORNIA,
CANADA,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
ENRADD,
FLORIDA,
GEORGIA,
LASER,
LEGISLATION,
LIDAR,
MASSACHUSETTS,
NEWSLETTER,
PENNSYLVANIA,
RADAR,
SAFETY,
SPEED LIMIT,
SPEED TRAP,
Technology,
TEXAS Even though Pennsylvania scored in the bottom 10 in our recent rankings of how states treat drivers, motorists in the Keystone State can be happy about one thing: Pennsylvania is the only state in the country that prohibits local police forces from using electronic devices other than those that measure distance over time for speed […]
April 28, 2014 • ARIZONA,
CALIFORNIA,
CELL PHONE,
CHECKPOINT,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
GPS TRACKING,
LICENSE PLATES,
MASSACHUSETTS,
NEWSLETTER,
PRIVACY,
ROADBLOCK,
Technology Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (From the Latin: Who’s watching the watchmen?) Think about the web of surveillance that surrounds our daily lives: Google tracks our online behavior. The cable company knows what we watch on TV. Our smart phones track our movements. Government agencies monitor our electronic communications and take pictures of our vehicle license […]
