This month, our children and grandchildren will be going back to school after a long summer of fun and vacation. Many of those kids will be riding a school bus. Did you know that riding a school bus is the safest way for a child to go to school? In fact, riding a school bus […]
If you grew up in rural America, you probably rode a school bus to school every day. If a child lives in the country or farther away from the school, the only reasonable way to get there is to ride a yellow school bus. Someone has to pay for that though and school districts, especially […]
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VIRGINIA Editor’s Note: The ticket camera companies are masters at exploiting the public’s emotional responses to traffic accidents and fatalities. Nothing like conjuring up a little fear and outrage to sell a few “safety” cameras, especially when the potential victims are school children. Nowhere is this cynicism more apparent than with school bus “stop arm” cameras […]
March 23, 2014 • CALIFORNIA,
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WASHINGTON The NMA continues to advocate for motorists’ rights at the national, state and local level. Legislatures across the country took up a broad range of motorists’ issues in the first quarter of 2014. Here’s a brief summary of the driving-related issues we addressed. California Opposed efforts by the Elk Grove City Council to renew its […]
January 27, 2014 • DUI,
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TRAFFIC CAMERA The good news is that the tide is turning against red-light cameras. Camera operators have been plagued by scandal, mismanagement and public backlash. As a result, the number of cities employing red-light cameras has dropped from 700 in 2011 to 500 today—a 28 percent decrease. The bad news is that the camera companies have found […]
