March 31, 2019 • ALPR,
Automated Traffic Enforcement,
Driver's License,
DUI,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
GEORGIA,
LANE COURTESY,
LEGISLATION,
MARYLAND,
MISSISSIPPI,
NEW JERSEY,
NEW YORK,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
NORTH DAKOTA,
RADAR,
RADAR DETECTOR,
ROADBLOCK,
SCHOOL BUS,
SPEED LIMIT,
TICKET FINES,
TRAFFIC CAMERA,
TRAFFIC SIGNAL,
UTAH,
VIRGINIA,
WEST VIRGINIA Today we complete the first full calendar quarter of reporting motorist-related activity that is passing through state and federal legislatures. The NMA Bill/Regulation Tracker (Bill Tracker) was introduced in the Winter 2019 issue of Driving Freedoms and went live on Motorists.org in early January when most states began new legislative sessions. Only three months in […]
October 15, 2017 • Automatic Traffic Enforcement,
BLUE LIGHT,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
IOWA,
MICHIGAN,
MINNESOTA,
MISSISSIPPI,
NEBRASKA,
NEW JERSEY,
NEWSLETTER,
NORTH DAKOTA,
OREGON,
RED LIGHT,
Red-Light Camera,
REVENUE GENERATION,
SAFETY,
TICKET REVENUE,
TRAFFIC ENGINEERING,
TRAFFIC SIGNAL,
VIRGINIA,
WISCONSIN,
YELLOW LIGHT,
YELLOW LIGHT TIMING It should. Bismarck, North Dakota and St. Louis County, Minnesota are among communities that will soon be installing blue lights at signalized intersections with the intent of catching red-light runners. Omni Directional Law Enforcement Confirmation Lights – the acronym ODLECL rolls right off the tongue – are simply blue lights that begin flashing as soon […]
April 2, 2017 • ACLU,
ALABAMA,
ARKANSAS,
CALIFORNIA,
COLORADO,
Driver's License,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
GEORGIA,
ILLINOIS,
KANSAS,
LOUISIANA,
MICHIGAN,
MISSISSIPPI,
MISSOURI,
NEWSLETTER,
POLICING FOR PROFIT,
TENNESSEE,
TEXAS,
TICKET FINES,
TICKET REVENUE,
TRAFFIC ENGINEERING,
VIRGINIA,
WASHINGTON Alexander City, Alabama has agreed to give $680,000 to nearly 200 people who were jailed because they were too poor to pay their court fines. The suit filed in September 2015 by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) claimed that the town ran “a modern-day debtors prison.” Indigent debtors served time in the municipal jail […]
The chronic underinvestment in infrastructure dates back to the Reagan Administration. Since the 1980’s, public spending on water and transportation infrastructure fell from around one percent to 0.6 percent of the annual U.S. gross domestic product (GDP). Instead of renewing or building additional infrastructure to keep up with population and current technology, government officials have […]
August 24, 2014 • ALASKA,
ARKANSAS,
CONNECTICUT,
DELAWARE,
DUI,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
ILLEGAL SEARCH,
MISSISSIPPI,
MISSOURI,
NEWSLETTER,
OPEN CONTAINER,
RHODE ISLAND,
TENNESSEE,
VIRGINIA,
WEST VIRGINIA With Labor Day just around the corner, many of us will hit the road for one last road trip before summer turns to fall. One often overlooked and misunderstood hazard of this endeavor concerns so-called open container laws. This becomes even more of an issue when it comes to motor homes. The issue of open […]
