Motorists Vote 2020 Ballot Initiatives: NMA E-Newsletter #612

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 […]

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Protect yourself from Predatory Towing: NMA E-Newsletter #611

September 27, 2020 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER, INSURANCE, NEWSLETTER, Predatory Towing, TOWING

In July, the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) warned motorists in Chicago and Houston about predatory towing scams. Unfortunately, this sort of fraud can happen anywhere, and at unexpected times. The best protection is to be prepared with knowledge. The scam usually occurs after an accident. You’re upset, maybe even injured, and probably not thinking […]

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The Blame Game: NMA E-Newsletter #610

September 20, 2020 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER, Fatality Rate, FHWA, NEWSLETTER, NHTSA, NMA, Road Safety, SPEEDING, VMT

At best, it is a lazy assumption. At worst, there is an agenda at play, facts be damned. In late August, the engineering firm Sam Schwartz issued a release, “First Look at 2020 Traffic Fatality Rates Shows Sharp Spike,” that ascribes an uptick in the US traffic fatality rate over the first six months of […]

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20 is Plenty (except when it isn’t): NMA E-Newsletter #609

September 13, 2020 • 85TH PERCENTILE, Bicycle, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, ITE, NEWSLETTER, PEDESTRIAN, SAFETY, speed limits, VISION ZERO

The warning signs have been around for a long time. The scramble to fall in line with Vision Zero demands that traffic fatalities be eliminated regardless of the cost to taxpayers, and society in general, has even affected organizations like the Institute of Transportation Engineers that are supposed to be protecting the engineering standards that […]

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Checking in with Columbus, Ohio, Winner of the 2016 Smart City Challenge: NMA E-Newsletter #608

September 6, 2020 • Connected Cars, Connected Vehicles, DRIVERLESS CARS, Electric Vehicle, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, Parking, Technology

In 2016, Columbus, OH, beat out 77 other US large and small cities to win the coveted $40 million US Department of Transportation Smart City Challenge. As the state capital and the largest city in Ohio, Columbus has the distinction of being the largest US metropolis (2018 population 892,533) not to have a subway or […]

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