106 Alerts From the Technology Tag

Is Distracted Driving the new Drunk Driving? Part 2: NMA E-Newsletter #434

May 7, 2017 • CELL PHONE, DISTRACTED DRIVING, DUI, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FOURTH AMENDMENT, ILLINOIS, NEW YORK, NEWSLETTER, PRIVACY, RADAR DETECTOR, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, Technology, TENNESSEE, TEXTING, TICKET REVENUE, VIRGINIA

Part 1 dealt with how distracted driving enforcement campaigns, fueled by federal highway money, are also dragnets for other offenses. Part 2 examines new law enforcement tools to check on texting while driving. Currently, law enforcement has great difficulty in determining if a driver was using electronic devices before a crash (and more importantly whether […]

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An Expectation of Privacy: NMA E-Newsletter #432

April 23, 2017 • BLACK BOX, CELL PHONE, DUI, EDR, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FLORIDA, FOURTH AMENDMENT, INSURANCE, NEWSLETTER, NHTSA, PRIVACY, SAFETY, Technology

Earlier this month, the Florida Appeals Court in a 2-1 decision found in the 2013 Palm Beach County DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide case involving Charles Worsham Jr that the Fourth Amendment affords an expectation of privacy for vehicle electronic data recorders (EDRs), aka black boxes. Similar to an airplane black box, a vehicle’s EDR […]

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Keeping my VW Diesel till the Bitter End-Part 2: NMA E-Newsletter #418

January 15, 2017 • AUTO INDUSTRY, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, MONTANA, NEWSLETTER, Technology

By Greg Amy, Connecticut State Activist Check out Part 1 Here. Another environmental concern with the Federal decree is disposition of the bought-back vehicles. Obviously, these vehicles cannot be re-sold until they are fixed, assuming a fix is ever found. (I don’t expect VW can fix these engines to the Feds’ and CARB’s satisfaction in […]

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Keeping my VW Diesel till the Bitter End-Part 1: NMA E-Newsletter #417

January 8, 2017 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, Technology

By Greg Amy, Connecticut State Activist By now you are well aware of the Volkswagen “TDI Scandal”. In September 2015, VW got caught by a West Virginia University lab cheating on its emissions testing procedures for 2009 – 2015 VW 2.0L TDI-equipped cars. Simply put, the EPA accused VW of putting code in its engine […]

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Young Adults now targeted for GDL: NMA E-Newsletter #414

December 18, 2016 • CHECKPOINT, DRIVER EDUCATION, Driver's License, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, PRIVACY, ROADBLOCK, SAFETY, Technology

Earlier this month, the National Safety Council and the Traffic Injury Research Foundation outlined additional guidelines to the already implemented Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) Program that has already been implemented in many states. This newest set of guidelines seem more like punishment than an actual gateway to adulthood. For example, all new drivers 21 and […]

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