32 Alerts From the NHTSA Tag

Leading the Charge: NMA E-Newsletter #619

November 22, 2020 • civil asset forfeiture, CIVIL FORFEITURE, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, NHTSA, PUBLIC RECORDS, REVENUE GENERATION, TICKET QUOTA, Traffic Tickets

We like clever wordplay as much as the next guy. The double entendre of the title, however, stirs an emotion stronger and more negative than “like.” Christopher Matthew Spencer, one of our most active members in Southern California, led the charge by submitting a public records request to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office […]

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So, Who IS Responsible in a Driverless Car Accident?: NMA E-Newsletter #617

November 8, 2020 • Bicycle, CELL PHONE, DISTRACTED DRIVING, DRIVERLESS CARS, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, NHTSA, NTSB, PEDESTRIAN, Road Safety, SAFETY, Technology

By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director For years, an ongoing debate has been raging in the media about who would be responsible when a driverless vehicle injured or killed another road user. Perhaps, we will soon have the answer. In March 2018, Elaine Herzberg jaywalked from a center median with her bicycle across a dark […]

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The Blame Game: NMA E-Newsletter #610

September 20, 2020 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER, Fatality Rate, FHWA, NEWSLETTER, NHTSA, NMA, Road Safety, SPEEDING, VMT

At best, it is a lazy assumption. At worst, there is an agenda at play, facts be damned. In late August, the engineering firm Sam Schwartz issued a release, “First Look at 2020 Traffic Fatality Rates Shows Sharp Spike,” that ascribes an uptick in the US traffic fatality rate over the first six months of […]

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Twenty-Eight Years Later: NMA E-Newsletter #580

February 23, 2020 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, NHTSA, SAFETY, SPEED LIMIT, TICKET QUOTA, Traffic Tickets

Every so often, some spring cleaning is required to tidy up and put one’s house in order. We are getting an early start on the seasonal ritual at the NMA offices, and in the process, turned up an interesting opinion piece written by a member who is still very active today. We won’t name names […]

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Ticket Quotas are Alive and All Too Well: NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #572

December 29, 2019 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, NHTSA, NMA, REVENUE GENERATION, SPEED TRAP, TICKET QUOTA, TICKET REVENUE, Traffic Tickets

By our latest count, twenty states have explicit laws banning traffic ticket quotas. And yet, the practice continues, even within some of those states. City, county, and state budgets must be met, and a reliable target for revenue continues to be the motorist. A brief rundown of the states with quota prohibitions follows but first, […]

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