May 22, 2016 • COLORADO,
DRIVERLESS CARS,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
MICHIGAN,
MONTANA,
NEW YORK,
NEWSLETTER,
OREGON,
PENNSYLVANIA,
SAFETY,
SPEED LIMIT,
Technology The response to our e-newsletter of two weeks ago (Zombie Drivers – Say What?: NMA E-Newsletter #382) has been considerable. That overall interest in the topic of driverless cars is also reflected by the daily influx of related stories to the NMA newsfeeds that fuel the Driving News sections of our Motorists.org state pages. Before […]
By Gary Biller, NMA President My indoctrination to NMA affairs was immediate when I joined the organization in July 2009. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, that bastion of the auto insurance industry, had just released a report titled, Long Term Effects of Repealing the National Maximum Speed Limit (NMSL) in the United States. The […]
We came across an interesting piece the other day on The Truth About Cars website. Writer Seth Parks discusses the problems associated with fearful drivers and goes so far as to claim that fearful drivers “are the greatest ignored danger on the road today.” Overly cautious drivers are all around us, and they do pose […]
March 27, 2016 • 85TH PERCENTILE,
ARIZONA,
CALIFORNIA,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FLORIDA,
LEGISLATION,
LETTER WRITING,
MASSACHUSETTS,
MICHIGAN,
NEWSLETTER,
RED LIGHT CAMERA,
REVENUE GENERATION,
RIGHT-TURN-ON-RED,
SCHOOL BUS CAMERA,
SPEED LIMIT,
TEXAS,
TICKET CAMERA,
TICKET FINES,
TICKET REVENUE,
TOWING,
WEST VIRGINIA 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 2016. Here’s a brief summary of the driving-related issues we addressed. Arizona Opposed House Bill 2366 which would revise Arizona’s red-light camera law […]
March 20, 2016 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA BLOG,
Parking,
PPP,
REVENUE GENERATION,
SAFETY,
SPEED LIMIT,
TOLL,
TOLL ROAD,
TOLLING Back in 2012 Texas State Highway 130, a 41-mile stretch of toll road between Austin and San Antonio, made headlines for posting the highest speed limit in the country—a whopping 85 mph. Today, SH 130 is making headlines for a different reason. The company that runs it just declared bankruptcy. Even with the high speed […]
