NMA E-Newsletter #303: Masking an Agenda

November 2, 2014 • 85TH PERCENTILE, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, IDAHO, NEWSLETTER, PUBLIC RECORDS, SAFETY, SPEED LIMIT

We admit it. We are cynics when it comes to AAA’s motives. Exhibit A: #288, A Horse of a Different Color which we issued shortly after AAA Idaho publicly pressured the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) to hold off from raising the speed limit from 75 to 80 mph on specific stretches of Interstates 15, 84, […]

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NMA E-Newsletter #302: The NMA Weighs In on Federal V2V Proposal

October 26, 2014 • DISTRACTED DRIVING, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, INSURANCE, LEGISLATION, NATIONAL, NEWSLETTER, PRIVACY, SAFETY, Technology, V2V

In a September e-newsletter we discussed how the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) was soliciting public comments about its proposal to create a national standard to require Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) communications capability on all passenger cars and light trucks. NMA President Gary Biller submitted the following comments outlining the NMA’s concerns over this technology. You […]

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NMA E-Newsletter #301: Caution! This is a Completely Hypothetical Exercise that could become Reality.

October 19, 2014 • CALIFORNIA, COMMUNITY, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, NMSL, SPEED LIMIT, TOLL, VMT

The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Air Resources Board (ARB) recently put on a presentation titled “The Science behind Sustainable Communities Strategies.” The stated goal was to provide “an objective review of the empirical evidence on how effective various transportation and land use strategies are at reducing vehicle miles traveled (and thus greenhouse gas emissions).” A […]

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NMA E-Newsletter #300: “It Only Takes One …”

October 12, 2014 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FLORIDA, LICENSE, NEWSLETTER, RED LIGHT CAMERA, SAFETY, SPEEDING, TICKET CAMERA, TICKET FINES, TRAFFIC CAMERA, TRAFFIC STOP

We all expect a certain level of hypocrisy in politics, but some examples are just so flagrant, we can’t ignore them. Such is the case of Sara Shaw, a city commissioner in Kissimmee, Florida. In August, a Florida Highway Patrol officer stopped Shaw on the Florida Turnpike for driving in excess of 100 mph in […]

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NMA E-Newsletter #299: When it Comes to Privacy, You Get What’s Coming to You

October 5, 2014 • ALPR, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FOURTH AMENDMENT, GPS TRACKING, ILLEGAL SEARCH, LICENSE PLATES, NEWSLETTER, PRIVACY, TICKET CAMERA

The phrase “reasonable expectation of privacy” pops up a lot when discussing issues related to motorists and privacy. But what does it mean, and how does it apply to the daily business of driving? A reasonable expectation of privacy exists if 1) you have an expectation of privacy in a given situation and 2) your […]

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