January 31, 2016 • ARKANSAS,
DRIVER EDUCATION,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
LETTER WRITING,
MASSACHUSETTS,
MINNESOTA,
NEW HAMPSHIRE,
NEW YORK,
NEWSLETTER,
ROUNDABOUT Roundabouts. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, members always respond with passion when we write about them, as we did in last week’s e-newsletter. We thought we would share a few thoughts covering both sides of the issue. From a New York Member: One local roundabout cost taxpayers over a quarter of a million dollars while […]
January 10, 2016 • Driver's License,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
MINNESOTA,
NEW HAMPSHIRE,
NEWSLETTER,
PRIVACY,
Real ID,
TSA,
WASHINGTON D.C.,
WISCONSIN Sometime this year the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will likely begin restricting the rights of U.S. citizens to travel freely throughout the country. At the end of last year DHS announced that sometime in 2016 it may require airline passengers to present either a traditional passport or Real ID-compliant identification to board a domestic […]
April 5, 2015 • ARIZONA,
CALIFORNIA,
COLORADO,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
INDIANA,
Kentucky,
LEGISLATION,
MARYLAND,
MINNESOTA,
MISSOURI,
NEVADA,
NEWSLETTER,
TENNESSEE,
TEXAS,
VIRGINIA,
WASHINGTON 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 2015. Here’s a brief summary of the driving-related issues we addressed. Arizona Supported Senate Bill 1167 which would ban red-light and speed cameras […]
February 8, 2015 • CALIFORNIA,
DELAWARE,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
ILLINOIS,
LANE COURTESY,
LETTER WRITING,
MINNESOTA,
NEWSLETTER,
OKLAHOMA,
ROADBLOCK Last week’s e-newsletter really stirred up member response with an overwhelming number of you rejecting the Seattle driver’s approach to trying to single-handedly wipe out traffic jams and backups. The consensus was that he was obstructing traffic and should have stayed in the far right lane to let faster traffic pass. We agree. Here are […]
April 7, 2014 • ALPR,
ARKANSAS,
CIVIL,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
INSURANCE,
LEGISLATION,
LICENSE PLATES,
MAINE,
MINNESOTA,
NEW HAMPSHIRE,
NEWSLETTER,
NORTH CAROLINA,
PRIVACY,
Technology,
TICKET FINES,
UTAH,
VERMONT On the heels of the NSA domestic spying scandal, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced plans in February to build a national database of motor vehicle license plate data. Not only would the system have included data collected by DHS, but data from other law enforcement agencies and private companies as well. The good […]