April 10, 2016 • CONNECTICUT,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
INDIANA,
LEGISLATION,
MISSOURI,
NEWSLETTER,
NORTH CAROLINA,
PETITION,
REVENUE GENERATION,
RHODE ISLAND,
TOLL,
TOLL ROAD,
TOLLING,
VIRGINIA,
WISCONSIN,
WYOMING After nearly two decades of action at the federal level, the battle to toll existing interstates is now shifting to the states, thanks to the federal transportation bill passed last fall. That bill, called the FAST Act, made changes to a federal program known as the Interstate System Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Pilot Program (ISRRPP). This […]
September 6, 2015 • Corruption,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
IIHS,
INSURANCE,
MARYLAND,
NEWSLETTER,
RED LIGHT CAMERA,
SAFETY,
SHORT YELLOW LIGHT,
SPEED CAMERA,
TICKET CAMERA,
TRAFFIC CAMERA,
VIRGINIA,
WASHINGTON D.C.,
YELLOW LIGHT TIMING,
YELLOW LIGHTS In its 30-page report issued last week about the Montgomery County, Maryland, speed camera program, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) does its best to revive a reeling camera industry. The use of red-light cameras has been declining for a couple of years now in no small part due to corrupt actions by one […]
April 5, 2015 • ARIZONA,
CALIFORNIA,
COLORADO,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
INDIANA,
Kentucky,
LEGISLATION,
MARYLAND,
MINNESOTA,
MISSOURI,
NEVADA,
NEWSLETTER,
TENNESSEE,
TEXAS,
VIRGINIA,
WASHINGTON The NMA continues to advocate for motorists’ rights at the national, state and local level. Legislatures across the country took up a broad range of motorists’ issues in the first quarter of 2015. Here’s a brief summary of the driving-related issues we addressed. Arizona Supported Senate Bill 1167 which would ban red-light and speed cameras […]
September 7, 2014 • DISTRACTED DRIVING,
DUI,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA Foundation,
SAFETY,
SCHOOL BUS,
SCHOOL BUS CAMERA,
TICKET CAMERA,
VIRGINIA Editor’s Note: The ticket camera companies are masters at exploiting the public’s emotional responses to traffic accidents and fatalities. Nothing like conjuring up a little fear and outrage to sell a few “safety” cameras, especially when the potential victims are school children. Nowhere is this cynicism more apparent than with school bus “stop arm” cameras […]
August 24, 2014 • ALASKA,
ARKANSAS,
CONNECTICUT,
DELAWARE,
DUI,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
ILLEGAL SEARCH,
MISSISSIPPI,
MISSOURI,
NEWSLETTER,
OPEN CONTAINER,
RHODE ISLAND,
TENNESSEE,
VIRGINIA,
WEST VIRGINIA With Labor Day just around the corner, many of us will hit the road for one last road trip before summer turns to fall. One often overlooked and misunderstood hazard of this endeavor concerns so-called open container laws. This becomes even more of an issue when it comes to motor homes. The issue of open […]