178 Alerts From the SAFETY Tag

The Selling of a Narrative: NMA E-Newsletter #591

May 10, 2020 • 85TH PERCENTILE, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, NMA, SAFETY, SPEED LIMIT, SPEEDING, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, Traffic Tickets

By Gary Biller, NMA President The media has never shied away from peddling stories that sell. Often in doing so, the truth gets kicked to the curb or run over. Such is the case in the current lockdown climate where sensationalistic headlines scream that 100+ mph super speeders are taking advantage of less-crowded roads across […]

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The Washington Report–COVID-19 Crisis Edition: NMA E-Newsletter #589

April 26, 2020 • Complete Streets, DETER Act, Electric Vehicle, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, Gas Tax, infrastructure, LEGISLATION, MASS TRANSIT, NEWSLETTER, NMA, SAFETY, TICKET QUOTA, VISION ZERO, VMT, VMT Tax

By Rob Talley Editor’s Note: The Washington Report is a regular feature of the NMA’s quarterly Driving Freedoms member magazine. Our representative in DC, Rob Talley, wrote the original version of this newsletter for the spring issue of the magazine before the pandemic halted its publication. So Rob recently updated his dispatch to include more […]

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Turn Signal on a Roundabout: NMA E-Newsletter #585

March 29, 2020 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER, INDIANA, NEWSLETTER, ROUNDABOUT, SAFETY, TRAFFIC STOP, Traffic Tickets

One of the most basic rules of the road is that a driver must use a turn signal when turning right or left or changing lanes. But is this the case when exiting a roundabout? The Indiana Court of Appeals says no. The case started with a 2018 traffic stop in Warsaw. According to court […]

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A Speed Theory Quiz: NMA E-Newsletter #583

March 15, 2020 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, NMSL, PEDESTRIAN, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, SPEED LIMIT, TRAFFIC CONGESTION

Let’s have some fun with this. We’re going to quote the opening, middle, and closing paragraphs of a traffic engineering paper, and you guess what year it was published. In fact, let’s simplify that further: In which era was the paper published? Pre 55 mph National Maximum Speed Limit (before 1974) During the NMSL restriction […]

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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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