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 […]
April 14, 2019 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FARS,
IIHS,
INSURANCE,
Insurance Company,
NEWSLETTER,
NHTSA,
NMSL,
SPEED LIMIT,
Traffic Tickets By Gary Biller, NMA President Every two or three years, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) splashes the media with a recycled report of how many deaths have occurred due to raised speed limits. And reporters dutifully echo it as gospel because sensational headlines like, “Speed limit increases are tied to 37,000 deaths over […]
March 10, 2019 • ACLU,
CALIFORNIA,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
ILLEGAL SEARCH,
ILLINOIS,
INDIANA,
INSURANCE,
Insurance Company,
IOWA,
LICENSE PLATE,
MINNESOTA,
Motorcycle,
NEW JERSEY,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
OHIO,
OOIDA,
PENNSYLVANIA,
RACIAL PROFILING,
RED LIGHT CAMERA,
RENTAL CAR,
TEXAS,
TICKET CAMERA,
TOLL,
TOLL ROAD,
TOLLING,
TRAFFIC STOP,
Traffic Tickets,
VERMONT Many motorist rights court cases have made news in the past three months. Last week, we presented the first part of this update that focused on federal court decisions, and a few from the US Supreme Court. This week, we are diving into key motorist-related cases in state supreme or appellate courts. Our hope is […]
February 10, 2019 • Automated Traffic Enforcement,
COLORADO,
CONNECTICUT,
Driver's License,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FLORIDA,
HAWAII,
ILLINOIS,
IOWA,
LEGISLATION,
MISSOURI,
NEW JERSEY,
NEW YORK,
NEWSLETTER,
POLICING FOR PROFIT,
Red-Light Camera,
REVENUE GENERATION,
SPEED CAMERA,
TEXAS,
TICKET FINES,
TICKET REVENUE,
TRAFFIC CAMERA,
Traffic Safety,
Traffic Tickets,
VIRGINIA January and February are the heart of activity for many state legislative sessions across the country. Red-light cameras (RLCs) have certainly been the focus in a number of states. Bills in Colorado, Florida and Illinois are calling for outright bans. Legislators in Texas want to ban new camera programs while allowing existing installations to finish […]
January 20, 2019 • 85TH PERCENTILE,
ALPR,
DRIVERLESS CARS,
Electric Vehicle,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
Fuel Tax,
infrastructure,
INSURANCE,
Motorcycle,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
NMSL,
Red-Light Camera,
SAFETY,
Scooter,
SPEED CAMERA,
SPEED LIMIT,
Technology,
TRAFFIC CALMING,
TRAFFIC CONGESTION,
Traffic Tickets In NMA E-Newsletter #520, The Next Ten Years, Jim Walker, Gary Biller, and Steve Carrellas provided their thoughts — limited by the NMA to less than 300 words — on the significant challenges that motorists and the NMA will face over the next decade. We asked readers to chime in with their thoughts and published […]
