December 20, 2020 • ACLU,
ALPR,
CIVIL,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FOIA,
LICENSE PLATE,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
PRIVACY,
PUBLIC RECORDS,
VIRGINIA Automatic License Plate Readers or ALPRs can detail a motorist’s comings and goings without any thought of whether the person driving is suspected of nefarious activity. Some motorists around the country are challenging ALPR tracking in court. The latest dispatch comes from Virginia. In 2015, motorist Harrison Neal started his legal battle over the Fairfax […]
November 15, 2020 • ALABAMA,
ARKANSAS,
Bicycle,
CALIFORNIA,
COLORADO,
Electric Vehicle,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
Facial Recognition,
GEORGIA,
infrastructure,
Infrastructure Funding,
MAINE,
MARYLAND,
MASS TRANSIT,
MASSACHUSETTS,
MICHIGAN,
MONTANA,
NEWSLETTER,
OREGON,
PEDESTRIAN,
PRIVACY,
Ridesharing,
Right to Repair,
Search Warrant,
TOLL,
TOLLING,
VIRGINIA,
Voting Statewide ballot initiatives and local votes on infrastructure and transit have now been finalized from the November 3, 2020 election. Check out the final results below from the motorists’ rights statewide initiatives we outlined in the NMA weekly E-Newsletter #612. Important local election results follow the state ballot initiatives reporting. Statewide Ballot Initiatives Arkansas […]
October 4, 2020 • ARKANSAS,
CALIFORNIA,
Car Care,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
GEORGIA,
MARYLAND,
MASSACHUSETTS,
MICHIGAN,
NEWSLETTER,
PRIVACY,
REVENUE GENERATION,
Ridesharing,
Search Warrant,
VIRGINIA,
Voting The November 3rd election day is a month away, and mail-in voting has already begun in many states. If you have not cast your ballot yet, be sure to consider motorists’ rights issues in your decisions on which candidates and issues to support. Check out the NMA’s Motorists Vote 2020 Guide (a slideshow with a […]
August 4, 2019 • CALIFORNIA,
DELAWARE,
Electric Vehicle,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FHWA,
Fuel,
Fuel Tax,
Gas Tax,
HAWAII,
infrastructure,
MINNESOTA,
MISSOURI,
NEW HAMPSHIRE,
NEW JERSEY,
NEWSLETTER,
NORTH CAROLINA,
OREGON,
PENNSYLVANIA,
PRIVACY,
Road User Charge,
SAFETY,
Technology,
UTAH,
VIRGINIA,
VMT,
VMT Tax In Parts One and Two of this series, Are We Slinking Ever Closer to a Universal Road User Charge?, we explored what is happening on the national level and in Congress respectively. Road User Charges (RUC) are also called Vehicle Miles Traveled Tax (VMT) or Mileage-Based User Fees (MBUF). A number of states are experimenting […]
July 7, 2019 • Automated Traffic Enforcement,
CELL PHONE,
civil asset forfeiture,
COLORADO,
CONNECTICUT,
DRIVER EDUCATION,
Driver's License,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FLORIDA,
IDAHO,
ILLEGAL SEARCH,
INDIANA,
LEGISLATION,
LICENSE PLATE,
MARYLAND,
MISSOURI,
MONTANA,
MOVE OVER LAW,
NEVADA,
NEW HAMPSHIRE,
NEW MEXICO,
NEWSLETTER,
NORTH DAKOTA,
OKLAHOMA,
RACIAL PROFILING,
RED LIGHT CAMERA,
REVENUE GENERATION,
SAFETY,
SCHOOL BUS,
SCHOOL BUS CAMERA,
SPEED CAMERA,
SPEED LIMIT,
Technology,
TENNESSEE,
TEXAS,
TRAFFIC CONGESTION,
TRAFFIC STOP,
UTAH,
VIRGINIA April, May, and June were busy months in state legislatures where many of the bills affecting motorists that were introduced in the first quarter, or carried forward from last year, were resolved. The results were a mixed bag, but the biggest victory was a special one: Governor Greg Abbott of Texas signed into law House […]
