106 Alerts From the NMA Tag

What Bugs Motorists: NMA E-Newsletter #444

July 16, 2017 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER, LANE COURTESY, NEWSLETTER, NMA

The laundry list is long and not nearly complete but we gave it a shot. During June the NMA conducted an online survey in conjunction with the promotion of Lane Courtesy Month. We presented a list of several nuisance items for drivers and asked the several hundred respondents to note which particular ones bother them.  […]

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A Testament to Driver Courtesy: NMA E-Newsletter #443

July 9, 2017 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER, LANE COURTESY, NEWSLETTER, NMA, SAFETY

Though declaring June as Lane Courtesy Month allows the NMA to shine a spotlight on the importance of keeping right to allow faster traffic to pass, what shouldn’t be lost in the shuffle is that lane courtesy is a 24/7/365 principle. If not practiced universally, the benefits can easily be lost. Put another way, it […]

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Putting Courtesy Back into Driving: NMA E-Newsletter #440

June 18, 2017 • DRIVER EDUCATION, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, LANE COURTESY, MINNESOTA, NEWSLETTER, NMA, ZIPPER MERGE

When promoting the virtues of lane courtesy, the NMA will often get feedback from readers suggesting – some more forcefully than others – that the proper terminology should be ‘lane discipline’ or ‘keep right except to pass.’ Both of those phrases have specific and important meanings, but neither does justice to the spirit of cooperation […]

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Lane Courtesy or Law–A California Cultural Examination: NMA E-Newsletter #439

June 11, 2017 • CALIFORNIA, DRIVER EDUCATION, Driver's License, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, LANE COURTESY, MARYLAND, NEW JERSEY, NEWSLETTER, NMA, PENNSYLVANIA, ROUNDABOUT, SPEED LIMIT, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON D.C.

from Norman Risch, NMA California Member While the NMA has been increasingly promoting left lane courtesy for years, I can compare several states in which I have lived or worked. California is far worse than Maryland, DC, or Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and most other Eastern states in left and right lane courtesy (not that any […]

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No lollygagging in the Left Lane, Please! Legislative Update on Lane Courtesy Laws: NMA E-Newsletter #438

June 4, 2017 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER, LANE COURTESY, LEGISLATION, MARYLAND, MICHIGAN, MONTANA, NEVADA, NEW YORK, NEWSLETTER, NMA, NORTH CAROLINA, OKLAHOMA, OREGON, RHODE ISLAND, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, VIRGINIA

June is Lane Courtesy Month and many state legislatures are taking on the problem of drivers who impede traffic by camping out in the left lane.  The NMA long ago established June as the spotlight month for lane courtesy to raise awareness that keeping right to allow faster traffic to pass is one of the […]

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