March 16, 2014 • BLACK BOX,
CELL PHONE,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FOURTH AMENDMENT,
GPS TRACKING,
ILLEGAL SEARCH,
ILLINOIS,
INSURANCE,
MARYLAND,
MASSACHUSETTS,
NEWSLETTER,
PRIVACY,
Technology,
TRAFFIC STOP,
VIDEOTAPING We talk a lot here about how evolving technology can work for you or against you. A perfect example is the use of cell phones to record police activity during traffic stops. Even though you may be within your rights to record police, they may not see it that way, which can lead to no […]
We received the following testimonial from a new member. She used our online information to successfully fight a speeding ticket in Massachusetts and was so pleased with the outcome, she decided to join the NMA as a supporting member. She tells a great story: I wanted to thank you for this page. It was […]
July 28, 2013 • ALPR,
CALIFORNIA,
DUE PROCESS,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FLORIDA,
LEGISLATION,
MASSACHUSETTS,
MICHIGAN,
NEWSLETTER,
NORTH CAROLINA,
PRIVACY,
SCHOOL BUS CAMERA,
SHORT YELLOW LIGHT,
SPEED LIMIT,
TICKET FINES,
TRAFFIC CAMERA,
YELLOW LIGHT,
YELLOW LIGHT TIMING,
YELLOW LIGHTS The NMA continues to advocate for motorists’ rights at the national, state and local level. Legislatures across the country took up a broad range of motorists’ issues in the first quarter of 2013. Here’s a brief summary of the driving-related issues we addressed: California: Supported Assembly Bill 612 which would add 1.0 second to the duration […]
Public officials often use traffic engineering reports to justify policies motivated more by political expediency than by concern for public safety. In a recent three-part series for the NMA Blog (linked below), NMA Massachusetts Activist John Carr analyzes how misguided priorities result in deficient, misleading and inaccurate reports—reports that lead to poor traffic engineering and […]
April 14, 2013 • ALPR,
CALIFORNIA,
COLORADO,
CONNECTICUT,
DUE PROCESS,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FLORIDA,
INDIANA,
LEGISLATION,
MARYLAND,
MASSACHUSETTS,
MINNESOTA,
NEW HAMPSHIRE,
NEWSLETTER,
PENNSYLVANIA,
RADAR,
RED LIGHT CAMERA,
RIGHT-TURN-ON-RED,
RTOR,
SHORT YELLOW LIGHT,
SOUTH DAKOTA,
SPEED CAMERA,
SPEED LIMIT,
TEXTING,
TICKET FINES,
TRAFFIC CAMERA,
TRAFFIC RECORD,
VIRGINIA,
YELLOW LIGHT,
YELLOW LIGHT TIMING,
YELLOW LIGHTS The NMA continues to advocate for motorists’ rights at the national, state and local level. Legislatures across the country took up a broad range of motorists’ issues in the first quarter of 2013. Here’s a brief summary of the driving-related issu…