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So, Who IS Responsible in a Driverless Car Accident?: NMA E-Newsletter #617

November 8, 2020 • Bicycle, CELL PHONE, DISTRACTED DRIVING, DRIVERLESS CARS, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, NHTSA, NTSB, PEDESTRIAN, Road Safety, SAFETY, Technology

By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director For years, an ongoing debate has been raging in the media about who would be responsible when a driverless vehicle injured or killed another road user. Perhaps, we will soon have the answer. In March 2018, Elaine Herzberg jaywalked from a center median with her bicycle across a dark […]

Eliminating Jaywalking Laws Will Make Roads Safer? A Response: NMA E-Newsletter #616

November 1, 2020 • Bicyclist, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, Jaywalking, LICENSE PLATE, NEWSLETTER, PEDESTRIAN, Road Safety, SAFETY, TRAFFIC STOP

By Tom Pearson, NMA Alabama Member Editor’s Note: The issue of abolishing jaywalking regulations, particularly where high-volume, inner-city streets are concerned, is a tricky one. In last week’s NMA E-Newsletter, #615, Arthur Miller made a compelling case that road safety suffers when one set of users (pedestrians) can cross the street whenever and wherever they like, […]

Eliminating Jaywalking Laws Will Make Roads Safer?: NMA E-Newsletter #615

October 25, 2020 • Bicyclist, CELL PHONE, DISTRACTED DRIVING, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, INSURANCE, Jaywalking, LEGISLATION, NEWSLETTER, NMA, PEDESTRIAN, RACIAL PROFILING, Road Safety, SAFETY, Speed Cameras, Traffic Safety, Traffic stops, VISION ZERO

By guest writer Arthur Miller, NYC NMA Member, traffic attorney, and co-owner of the New York Truck Stop website and podcast. The foundation of road safety for all users, motor vehicles, and pedestrians alike, is order and predictability. One of the most dangerous scenarios for a driver lawfully proceeding under power is when someone jaywalks […]

A State Should Never Lease Its Roads: NMA E-Newsletter #614

October 18, 2020 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FLORIDA, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, infrastructure, KANSAS, MASSACHUSETTS, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, NEWSLETTER, OHIO, OKLAHOMA, PENNSYLVANIA, PPP, Public Private Partnership, REVENUE GENERATION, TOLL, TOLL ROAD

Reason Foundation’s Transportation Guru Robert Poole released a study in August of how nine states could financially benefit if they were to lease their toll road systems to private concerns. Poole writes that these states would gain significant income from a long-term public-private partnership (P3), especially if the state had already paid off its outstanding […]

Better Know an Expert: NMA E-Newsletter #613

October 11, 2020 • Automated Traffic Enforcement, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, ITE, NEWSLETTER, RED LIGHT, Red-Light Camera Tickets, TICKET CAMERA, TRAFFIC SIGNAL, YELLOW LIGHT, YELLOW LIGHT TIMING

It is amazing that the topic of setting adequate yellow light intervals for traffic signals continues to be a hotly-contested topic among traffic engineers. The yellow timing is an important variable for intersection design, and it is also important to drivers for another reason: Short yellows combined with photo enforcement is a proven method for […]

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