By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director If you drive a car manufactured after 2003, you probably have smart frontal airbags whether you want them or not. This is a fact of life since frontal airbags have been mandated by the Federal Government. The Federal Highway Administration reports that in 2011, 96% of all new cars had […]
We dedicated the Spring 2016 issue of Driving Freedoms to the exploration of various aspects of the technological march toward driverless, interconnected vehicles. There are some distinct safety benefits to be realized through automation and connectivity – intersection movement assist for instance – but there are also very real concerns. There are five classifications of […]
By Gary Biller, NMA President My indoctrination to NMA affairs was immediate when I joined the organization in July 2009. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, that bastion of the auto insurance industry, had just released a report titled, Long Term Effects of Repealing the National Maximum Speed Limit (NMSL) in the United States. The […]
April 24, 2016 • ALPR,
Biometrics,
CELL PHONE,
DNA,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
Facial Recognition,
NEWSLETTER,
PPP,
PRIVACY,
Public Private Partnership,
SOCIAL NETWORKING,
Technology,
TEXTING By John W. Whitehead, President, The Rutherford Institute Government eyes are watching you. They see your every move: what you read, how much you spend, where you go, with whom you interact, when you wake up in the morning, what you’re watching on television and reading on the internet. Every move you make is being […]
April 17, 2016 • ALPR,
BAC,
BREATHALYZER,
CALIFORNIA,
CELL PHONE,
COLORADO,
Driver's License,
DUI,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
LEGISLATION,
LICENSE,
NEW YORK,
NEWSLETTER,
Technology,
TEXAS,
TRAFFIC STOP,
WASHINGTON The California Senate recently took up a bill that would let police officers use oral fluid drug screening tests to check motorists for the presence of drugs in their systems. The proposed test is administered with a handheld device that uses an oral swab to check for the presence of a variety of controlled substances […]
