As sunroofs become more popular with new car buyers, questions abound whether they are safe or not. In October 2017, Consumer Reports (CR) came out with a scathing study on sunroofs that seem to shatter for no reason. Over the past 22 years, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) had received 859 complaints of […]
February 11, 2018 • Autonomous Car,
CALIFORNIA,
COLORADO,
Driver's License,
DUI,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FLORIDA,
NEWSLETTER,
NHTSA,
SAFETY,
SEAT BELT,
SPEED LIMIT,
TEXTING Driving is not just about mobility—fundamentally it is about independence. None of us want to lose that freedom. Age is not the only factor in the decision to drive or not to drive anymore. Studies show that giving up this lifeline increases with age a person’s likelihood of suffering from depression and eventually ending up […]
December 3, 2017 • 85TH PERCENTILE,
civil asset forfeiture,
CIVIL FORFEITURE,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
LEGISLATION,
LICENSE PLATE,
NEWSLETTER,
NHTSA,
NMA,
NTSB,
RED LIGHT CAMERA,
REVENUE GENERATION,
SAFETY,
SPEED CAMERA,
SPEED LIMIT,
TICKET CAMERA,
TICKET FINES,
TICKET QUOTA,
TICKET REVENUE,
WASHINGTON D.C. By Gary Biller, NMA President Enabled by contributors to our Spring 2017 Campaign, the NMA is pursuing its 2017-18 National Legislative Agenda in Washington. More precisely the current focus is on two of the agenda items – eliminating federally funded ticket blitzes and restricting the bounds of civil asset forfeiture. Part 2 of this newsletter […]
November 5, 2017 • 85TH PERCENTILE,
civil asset forfeiture,
CIVIL FORFEITURE,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
NEWSLETTER,
NHTSA,
NMA,
NTSB,
REVENUE GENERATION,
SAFETY,
SPEED CAMERA,
SPEED LIMIT,
SPEED TRAP,
TICKET QUOTA,
TICKET REVENUE,
VIRGINIA With great thanks to advocate Joe Bahen, the NMA played an active role in the development of the 2012-2016 Virginia Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP). With the SHSP for the next five years now moving into the implementation phase, Joe continues to work with state officials to craft a safety roadmap that is effective and […]
August 6, 2017 • DRIVER EDUCATION,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
MUTCD,
NEWSLETTER,
NHTSA,
NMA,
NTSB,
REVENUE GENERATION,
SAFETY,
SPEED CAMERA,
SPEED LIMIT,
SPEEDING,
TICKET REVENUE by Gary Biller, NMA President Why does the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) want to change its goal of providing legitimate highway safety research into an advocacy of ever-present, for-profit enforcement aimed primarily at safe drivers who are endangering no one? In a sweeping set of recommendations from its July 25, 2017 public meeting, the […]
