February 27, 2022 • ATA,
CDL,
DRIVER EDUCATION,
Driver's License,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FMCSA,
INSURANCE,
NEWSLETTER,
OOIDA,
Parking,
SAFETY The minimum age to obtain a commercial driver’s license and drive a tractor-trailer within state boundaries is 18 in all states. Federal guidelines require the driver of 18-wheelers to be at least age 21. That appears to be changing. With the passage of the November 2021 $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Investment Act, Congress requires the Federal […]
December 19, 2021 • 85TH PERCENTILE,
Bicyclist,
Bike Lanes,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
Idaho Stop,
infrastructure,
MASS TRANSIT,
NEWSLETTER,
Parking,
PEDESTRIAN,
Speed Bumps,
speed limits,
Stop Signs,
TRAFFIC CONGESTION,
VISION ZERO Even before the pandemic, bike lanes were springing up all over the country in cities large and small. Most motorists weren’t happy, mainly because fewer travel lanes typically translated into longer trips through congested traffic. During the pandemic, the rate of cities building bike lanes and banning cars on streets rose dramatically. The anti-car crowd […]
October 31, 2021 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
LOS ANGELES,
NEWSLETTER,
Parking,
Parking Tickets,
REVENUE GENERATION,
TICKET FINES,
TICKET QUOTA,
TICKET REVENUE,
Traffic Tickets Care to hazard a guess on how much money the city of Los Angeles has raked in from traffic and parking enforcement during their last five fiscal years, which end each June 30th? If your estimate is more than half a billion dollars, you are getting warm. During those five years, Los Angeles collected more […]
September 5, 2021 • Driver Courtesy,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
LANE COURTESY,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
Parking,
Road Rage,
SAFETY,
TEXTING,
ZIPPER MERGE Welcome to Driver Courtesy Month! This month-long educational program promotes the idea that we should all be courteous drivers. We can all pursue the Golden Rule of Driving—drive like you want others to drive. Along with the NMA’s largest media campaign in recent years, we are supporting Driver Courtesy Month with information on the NMA’s […]
We need truckers—these men and women crisscross the country to bring goods to shelves everywhere, and without them, our economic engine would grind to a halt. Commercial truck driving is not an easy profession, but in 29 states, it is the most common. Finding a place to park has become one of the biggest problems […]
