Jason Dewing’s story has a surreal quality to it. Well, it did take place in traffic court so anything is possible. Dewing was stopped by an Upstate New York police officer for driving while using his cell phone. Only he wasn’t using his cell phone, he was smoking an electronic cigarette. The officer didn’t believe […]
March 23, 2014 • CALIFORNIA,
Driver's License,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FLORIDA,
ILLINOIS,
INDIANA,
Kentucky,
LEGISLATION,
MICHIGAN,
MISSOURI,
NEWSLETTER,
OHIO,
RED LIGHT CAMERA,
SCHOOL BUS,
SCHOOL BUS CAMERA,
SPEED CAMERA,
SPEED LIMIT,
TICKET CAMERA,
TRAFFIC CAMERA,
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 2014. Here’s a brief summary of the driving-related issues we addressed. California Opposed efforts by the Elk Grove City Council to renew its […]
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 […]
March 9, 2014 • Corruption,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
ILLINOIS,
NEWSLETTER,
RED LIGHT CAMERA,
REVENUE GENERATION,
RIGHT-TURN-ON-RED,
RTOR,
TICKET CAMERA,
TICKET FIGHTING,
TICKET FINES,
TICKET REVENUE,
TRAFFIC CAMERA The City of Chicago stiff armed Jamal Norwood. Norwood received a red-light camera ticket for making a right-turn-on-red at the intersection of Austin Avenue and Irving Park Road at 5:31 am Dec. 6. The city claimed he didn’t come to a complete stop. But this video, analyzed by NMA Illinois Activist and forensic video expert […]
March 3, 2014 • CELL PHONE,
Driver's License,
DUI,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
ILLEGAL SEARCH,
INSURANCE,
LICENSE PLATES,
NEWSLETTER,
RADAR DETECTOR,
ROADBLOCK,
SPEED LIMIT,
SPEED TRAP,
TICKET FIGHTING,
TRAFFIC STOP It seems that more and more traffic stops these days are escalating into situations beyond the driver’s control. (See the Winter 2014 edition of Driving Freedoms — “We Are All Suspects” — for some jaw-dropping examples.) Knowing how to act during a stop can keep you out of serious trouble. But you also need to know […]
