August 11, 2019 • Bicycle,
Complete Streets,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
LEGISLATION,
MASS TRANSIT,
NEWSLETTER,
NHTSA,
NMA,
PEDESTRIAN,
TICKET QUOTA,
VISION ZERO Eight members of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced House Bill 3663 in mid-July. The proposed piece of legislation is titled, “Complete Streets Act of 2019.” It is no less than a mandate that all states implement policies to address “critical gaps in pedestrian, bicycle, and public transit infrastructure.” The Complete Streets protocol would prioritize […]
May 5, 2019 • Corruption,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
REVENUE GENERATION,
SEAT BELT,
TICKET QUOTA,
TICKET REVENUE,
Traffic stops,
Traffic Tickets Editor’s Note: Over the years, the NMA has received occasional contact from law enforcement officers who have complained about department policies, sometimes crafted to avoid direct violation of state anti-ticket-quota laws, which force officers to write a predetermined number of citations during each work shift. The following commentary recently submitted to us by “Officer Frank” […]
April 28, 2019 • 85TH PERCENTILE,
Automated Traffic Enforcement,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FHWA,
GHSA,
IIHS,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
SPEED CAMERA,
SPEED LIMIT,
TICKET QUOTA,
Traffic Tickets The April 15-16, 2019 conference in Ruckersville, Virginia was billed as a “national forum [seeking] to address the neglected problem of speeding.” The sponsoring organizations, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), are leading proponents of lowering speed limits with the goal of reducing highway fatalities to near […]
September 30, 2018 • ARIZONA,
ARKANSAS,
Automatic Traffic Enforcement,
CALIFORNIA,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
LOUISIANA,
MASSACHUSETTS,
NEWSLETTER,
Red-Light Camera,
SAFETY,
SPEED TRAP,
TEXAS,
TICKET CAMERA,
TICKET QUOTA,
Traffic Tickets,
WASHINGTON Much has been written about the Massachusetts State Police Overtime Scandal. A number of officers have been arrested for federal counts of embezzlement for allegedly cutting hours or outright skipping overtime (OT) traffic enforcement shifts on the MA turnpike while getting paid in full. Forty-two members of Troop E have been implicated and the troop […]
December 3, 2017 • 85TH PERCENTILE,
civil asset forfeiture,
CIVIL FORFEITURE,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
LEGISLATION,
LICENSE PLATE,
NEWSLETTER,
NHTSA,
NMA,
NTSB,
RED LIGHT CAMERA,
REVENUE GENERATION,
SAFETY,
SPEED CAMERA,
SPEED LIMIT,
TICKET CAMERA,
TICKET FINES,
TICKET QUOTA,
TICKET REVENUE,
WASHINGTON D.C. By Gary Biller, NMA President Enabled by contributors to our Spring 2017 Campaign, the NMA is pursuing its 2017-18 National Legislative Agenda in Washington. More precisely the current focus is on two of the agenda items – eliminating federally funded ticket blitzes and restricting the bounds of civil asset forfeiture. Part 2 of this newsletter […]
