The U.S. Postal Service provides a vital link between the NMA and you, our members. From the quarterly member magazine, Driving Freedoms, to letter status reports during these COVID times, we rely heavily on the usually reliable USPS to deliver our information to you throughout the year. The postal service has undergone some changes in […]
October 25, 2020 • Bicyclist,
CELL PHONE,
DISTRACTED DRIVING,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
INSURANCE,
Jaywalking,
LEGISLATION,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
PEDESTRIAN,
RACIAL PROFILING,
Road Safety,
SAFETY,
Speed Cameras,
Traffic Safety,
Traffic stops,
VISION ZERO By guest writer Arthur Miller, NYC NMA Member, traffic attorney, and co-owner of the New York Truck Stop website and podcast. The foundation of road safety for all users, motor vehicles, and pedestrians alike, is order and predictability. One of the most dangerous scenarios for a driver lawfully proceeding under power is when someone jaywalks […]
July 26, 2020 • Bicyclist,
DUI,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FOIA,
INSURANCE,
NEWSLETTER,
POLICING FOR PROFIT,
PUBLIC RECORDS,
RACIAL PROFILING,
REVENUE GENERATION,
SAFETY,
speed limits,
SPEED TRAP,
TICKET FINES,
TICKET REVENUE,
Traffic Safety,
Traffic stops,
Traffic Tickets By a Michigan NMA Member On July 6, an electronic billboard appeared along I-96 in Redford Township, Michigan, just east of the city limits of Livonia. It warned drivers leaving Detroit, “Driving while black? Racial profiling just ahead. Welcome to Livonia.” Livonia is a racially-mixed city of 97,000, covering 36 square miles of 1950s homes […]
February 9, 2020 • Bicyclist,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
NEWSLETTER,
PEDESTRIAN,
Red-Light Camera,
Road Diet,
Road Safety,
Speed Cameras,
speed limits,
TRAFFIC CALMING,
TRAFFIC CONGESTION,
Traffic Safety,
VISION ZERO By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director, and writer of the Keep the US Moving Blog. When did traffic safety become the purview of Big Bike and Vision Zero? In my experience, many motorists are hybrids: motorist/pedestrian, motorist/bicyclist, etc. The collective “We” are absolutely concerned about traffic safety. But why does it then feel like it […]
Amidst the national movement by transportation planners and Vision Zero proponents to restrict driving, true believers who have never seen a car or motorist they like–speed kills, you know–we occasionally stumble upon remnants of a saner world. Those moments of clarity are probably more common than you might think if you follow the media headlines. […]
