June 12, 2016 • Biometrics,
BREATHALYZER,
CALIFORNIA,
CELL PHONE,
COLORADO,
DISTRACTED DRIVING,
DNA,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
LEGISLATION,
NEW YORK,
NEWSLETTER,
PRIVACY,
Technology,
TEXTING New York State has legislation called Evan’s Law that is winding its way through the system. It would allow law enforcement to use a textalyzer to determine if you have been on your phone while driving. This means even hands free phone usage, texting, surfing the web, and engaging with various apps can raise flags. […]
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 […]
We dedicated the Spring 2016 issue of Driving Freedoms to the exploration of various aspects of the technological march toward driverless, interconnected vehicles. There are some distinct safety benefits to be realized through automation and connectivity – intersection movement assist for instance – but there are also very real concerns. There are five classifications of […]
April 24, 2016 • ALPR,
Biometrics,
CELL PHONE,
DNA,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
Facial Recognition,
NEWSLETTER,
PPP,
PRIVACY,
Public Private Partnership,
SOCIAL NETWORKING,
Technology,
TEXTING By John W. Whitehead, President, The Rutherford Institute Government eyes are watching you. They see your every move: what you read, how much you spend, where you go, with whom you interact, when you wake up in the morning, what you’re watching on television and reading on the internet. Every move you make is being […]
April 17, 2016 • ALPR,
BAC,
BREATHALYZER,
CALIFORNIA,
CELL PHONE,
COLORADO,
Driver's License,
DUI,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
LEGISLATION,
LICENSE,
NEW YORK,
NEWSLETTER,
Technology,
TEXAS,
TRAFFIC STOP,
WASHINGTON The California Senate recently took up a bill that would let police officers use oral fluid drug screening tests to check motorists for the presence of drugs in their systems. The proposed test is administered with a handheld device that uses an oral swab to check for the presence of a variety of controlled substances […]
