19 Alerts From the Road Safety Tag

Out of Chaos Comes Driver Courtesy: NMA E-Newsletter #582

March 8, 2020 • DISTRACTED DRIVING, Driver Courtesy, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, PEDESTRIAN, Road Safety, SAFETY, Scooters, Traffic Signs

More than ten years ago, we reported the fascinating results achieved in Drachten, a small city in The Netherlands that eliminated all traffic signs only to find that out of sanctioned chaos came order. And unending driver courtesy. And a greater sense of safety for all road users. A couple of excerpts from A Different […]

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Big Bike and Common Sense: NMA E-Newsletter #578

February 9, 2020 • Bicyclist, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, PEDESTRIAN, Red-Light Camera, Road Diet, Road Safety, Speed Cameras, speed limits, TRAFFIC CALMING, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, Traffic Safety, VISION ZERO

By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director, and writer of the Keep the US Moving Blog. When did traffic safety become the purview of Big Bike and Vision Zero? In my experience, many motorists are hybrids: motorist/pedestrian, motorist/bicyclist, etc. The collective “We” are absolutely concerned about traffic safety. But why does it then feel like it […]

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International Anti-Car Nonsense: NMA E-Newsletter #576

January 26, 2020 • Bicyclist, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, NMA, NMA BLOG, PEDESTRIAN, Road Safety, VISION ZERO

We recently updated and republished a popular post, Do Vision Zero Programs Equal More Traffic Accidents?, on the NMA Blog. The article points to several examples of cities where pedestrian/bicyclist accident and fatalities rates have not improved, and in many instances have increased, after expensive Vision Zero programs have been implemented. Such programs have the […]

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The Slow March toward Forced Temperance: NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #571

December 22, 2019 • DADSS, DISTRACTED DRIVING, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE, LEGISLATION, NEWSLETTER, NMA, PRIVACY, Road Safety, Technology

It’s been seven years since we wrote about the Driver Alcohol Detection System and Safety (DADSS) program–A Frog in the Pot, E-newsletter #187–and efforts to make ignition interlock devices standard equipment in all vehicles. Proponents of forcing all drivers to pass alcohol detection testing before being able to operate their cars are nothing if not […]

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