January 17, 2021 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
Insurance Company,
NEWSLETTER,
REVENUE GENERATION,
SAFETY,
SPEED LIMIT,
speed limits,
TICKET FINES,
TICKET REVENUE,
Traffic Tickets By guest writer Eric Peters The problem with speed limits is they’re arbitrary and presumptive. A velocity maximum is decreed, and you are presumed a threat to others if you exceed it. Almost everyone understands this is silly—else almost everyone would not “speed” routinely. Most of us do not play Russian roulette, for instance, irrespective […]
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, […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
