April 7, 2019 • ALPR,
Bicycle,
CALIFORNIA,
Congestion Pricing,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
infrastructure,
MASS TRANSIT,
MASSACHUSETTS,
NEW JERSEY,
NEW YORK,
New York City,
NEWSLETTER,
OREGON,
REVENUE GENERATION,
Ridesharing,
Scooter,
TOLL,
TOLLING,
TRAFFIC CONGESTION,
UTAH,
VMT Tax By 2021, New York City will begin charging drivers who enter Manhattan below Central Park under the guise of congestion pricing. No one is surprised. City and state officials have been trying to make this happen for years. The rare alignment of views between the governor, the mayor, and the state legislature─each likely motivated by […]
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 […]
March 10, 2019 • ACLU,
CALIFORNIA,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
ILLEGAL SEARCH,
ILLINOIS,
INDIANA,
INSURANCE,
Insurance Company,
IOWA,
LICENSE PLATE,
MINNESOTA,
Motorcycle,
NEW JERSEY,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
OHIO,
OOIDA,
PENNSYLVANIA,
RACIAL PROFILING,
RED LIGHT CAMERA,
RENTAL CAR,
TEXAS,
TICKET CAMERA,
TOLL,
TOLL ROAD,
TOLLING,
TRAFFIC STOP,
Traffic Tickets,
VERMONT Many motorist rights court cases have made news in the past three months. Last week, we presented the first part of this update that focused on federal court decisions, and a few from the US Supreme Court. This week, we are diving into key motorist-related cases in state supreme or appellate courts. Our hope is […]
February 24, 2019 • DELAWARE,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
NEW JERSEY,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
OOIDA,
PENNSYLVANIA,
Pennsylvania Turnpike PennDOT,
REVENUE GENERATION,
TOLL,
TOLLING Abuses by tolling authorities continue to mount. The lawsuit filed last year in U.S. District Court by Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association and the NMA against the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission for collecting inflated tolls to pay for projects unrelated to the operation and maintenance of the Turnpike continues under the purview of a federal judge. She […]
February 10, 2019 • Automated Traffic Enforcement,
COLORADO,
CONNECTICUT,
Driver's License,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FLORIDA,
HAWAII,
ILLINOIS,
IOWA,
LEGISLATION,
MISSOURI,
NEW JERSEY,
NEW YORK,
NEWSLETTER,
POLICING FOR PROFIT,
Red-Light Camera,
REVENUE GENERATION,
SPEED CAMERA,
TEXAS,
TICKET FINES,
TICKET REVENUE,
TRAFFIC CAMERA,
Traffic Safety,
Traffic Tickets,
VIRGINIA January and February are the heart of activity for many state legislative sessions across the country. Red-light cameras (RLCs) have certainly been the focus in a number of states. Bills in Colorado, Florida and Illinois are calling for outright bans. Legislators in Texas want to ban new camera programs while allowing existing installations to finish […]
