August 9, 2020 • Automated Traffic Enforcement,
CIVIL,
CRIMINAL,
DISTRACTED DRIVING,
Drone,
DUE PROCESS,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
Facial Recognition,
License Plate Readers,
NEWSLETTER,
RACIAL PROFILING,
Red-Light Camera,
SAFETY,
SPEED CAMERA,
SPEED LIMIT,
Traffic Enforcement,
TRAFFIC STOP,
Traffic stops,
Traffic Tickets,
VISION ZERO Editor’s Note: Last week, in Part 1, we discussed ideas for traffic stop reform. This week we delve into some of the thornier issues for reform from the NMA perspective. Recently, Berkeley, California’s city council passed an ordinance to remove police officers out of the traffic enforcement equation. After the requisite planning and community input, […]
July 26, 2020 • Bicyclist,
DUI,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FOIA,
INSURANCE,
NEWSLETTER,
POLICING FOR PROFIT,
PUBLIC RECORDS,
RACIAL PROFILING,
REVENUE GENERATION,
SAFETY,
speed limits,
SPEED TRAP,
TICKET FINES,
TICKET REVENUE,
Traffic Safety,
Traffic stops,
Traffic Tickets By a Michigan NMA Member On July 6, an electronic billboard appeared along I-96 in Redford Township, Michigan, just east of the city limits of Livonia. It warned drivers leaving Detroit, “Driving while black? Racial profiling just ahead. Welcome to Livonia.” Livonia is a racially-mixed city of 97,000, covering 36 square miles of 1950s homes […]
June 21, 2020 • 85TH PERCENTILE,
ACLU,
ALPR,
Automated Traffic Enforcement,
Biometrics,
CELL PHONE,
Contact Tracing,
DISTRACTED DRIVING,
DMV,
Drone,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
Facial Recognition,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
NMSL,
PRIVACY,
RED LIGHT CAMERA,
REVENUE GENERATION,
Ridesharing,
SAFETY,
SPEED CAMERA,
SPEED LIMIT,
Street Surveillance,
Technology,
TICKET REVENUE,
VISION ZERO The need to advocate for motorists’ rights has grown during the time of COVID. NMA members need to be more vigilant than ever in home communities and home states. This newsletter is a two-parter and comes from what we see trending nationally. This week, we look at speed limits, automated traffic enforcement, and street surveillance. […]
By Christopher M. DiPrima, California Member of the NMA The COVID-19 shelter at home orders have given us the opportunity to evaluate the effects of massive, rapid changes in the use of our transportation system. The results of this giant experiment are trickling in, and they are proving that years of speed-slowing measures on arterials […]
Some years ago, the NMA developed “7 Sensible Signals, A guide to better driver-to-driver communications.” Among the signals were the universal thumbs up, or A-OK sign as an indication of appreciation: It is difficult to mistake the intent of that acknowledgment. Another sensible signal, still in use today, has often created law enforcement animosity: We […]
