By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Sam Francis — a brilliant political writer — once wrote about something he called “anarcho-tyranny.” Simply put, it’s the growing tendency of the government to harshly treat ordinary citizens over even the most minor infractions while at the same time treating violent predators — real criminals — with disinterest and […]
Ticket Camera Company Illegally Threatens Florida Drivers
When a city signs a contract with a ticket camera company — even though cities often insist it’s not the case — they’re delegating law enforcement activities to a private company. The story below, from TheLedger.com, shows just one of the dangers of this kind of agreement. Here’s an excerpt: The red-light camera company contracted […]
Yesterday’s Auto Industry: 16 Things That Used To Be
By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist I am in my early 40s and like most people do as they enter mid-life, I have started to notice how much has changed since I was a kid. Here are a few things I can remember from yesterday’s world: 1) Leaded gas; it was available through the early-mid 1980s; […]
Everybody Loves (To Destroy) Ticket Cameras
Ticket camera corporations like to put out press releases and pay for biased surveys that show that ticket cameras are well-liked by the general public. The reality is that this is far from the truth. This is borne out by the fact that no ticket camera program has ever survived a public vote. Thankfully, speed […]
10 Most Popular NMA Blog Articles In 2009
As a way to recap the year, we’ve put together a list of the articles on this blog that were viewed most often during the last twelve months. 1) 6 Cities That Were Caught Shortening Yellow Lights This article, written in March 2008, showed how some camera manufacturers were shortening yellow lights to increase the […]
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