February 14, 2016 • BAC,
Driver's License,
DRIVERLESS CARS,
DUI,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
NEWSLETTER,
RED LIGHT CAMERA,
SAFETY,
SEAT BELT,
SPEED LIMIT,
TICKET CAMERA,
VISION ZERO,
VMT The headlines were predictable: “Huge spike in traffic deaths is largest since 1940s”, “Why Are America’s Traffic Deaths Rising So Fast?”, “Rise in traffic deaths last year raises alarm at NHTSA”, “NHTSA seeks new ways to boost safety.” They’re responding to news of a projected 9.3 percent jump in highway fatalities through the first nine […]
December 27, 2015 • CALIFORNIA,
Driver's License,
DRIVERLESS CARS,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
LICENSE,
NEWSLETTER,
PRIVACY,
SAFETY,
SPEED LIMIT,
Technology We see many news stories touting the potential benefits of driverless cars: increased mobility for the elderly, congestion mitigation and safer roads to name a few. But amid the enthusiasm, we ran across two stories this week that illustrate the conflicts and contradictions that arise when trying to reconcile the role driverless cars will play […]
December 6, 2015 • 85TH PERCENTILE,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
NEWSLETTER,
RED LIGHT CAMERA,
REVENUE GENERATION,
RIGHT-TURN-ON-RED,
SAFETY,
SHORT YELLOW LIGHT,
SPEED LIMIT,
TICKET CAMERA,
TICKET FINES,
TICKET REVENUE,
YELLOW LIGHT,
YELLOW LIGHT TIMING,
YELLOW LIGHTS Editor’s Note: The NMA has a long tradition of calling out the AAA for its often contradictory or hypocritical stances on important motorists’ issues such as improperly set speed limits and the use of red-light cameras. NMA Foundation Executive Director Jim Walker has often led the charge as he did recently with this letter to […]
The NMA just launched its latest salvo in the speed trap wars with the following press release that ranks the Worst Speed Trap states in the country. The goal is to call attention to “Policing for Profit” wherever we see it and to expose the worst offenders. Not coincidentally, this is also the theme for […]
September 13, 2015 • DRIVER EDUCATION,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FLORIDA,
IIHS,
NEWSLETTER,
RED LIGHT CAMERA,
SPEED CAMERA,
SPEED LIMIT,
SPEED TRAP,
SPEEDING Proponents of aggressive speed enforcement routinely trot out the old saw that speeding causes one-third of all traffic fatalities. Predictably, this dubious assertion showed up in the bogus IIHS speed camera report we deconstructed in last week’s newsletter. We say dubious because there is ample evidence to show that speed is a contributing factor in […]
