Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the NMA’s Driving Freedoms Magazine in the Fall of 2020. If you would like to receive the NMA’s quarterly magazine, join the NMA today! First of all, what is the difference between a roadblock and a checkpoint? A roadblock is a barricade set up by law enforcement to […]
Have Checkpoints Gone Too Far?
• March 5, 2021 • 0 Comments • ACLU, CHECKPOINT, DUI/DWI, LICENSE PLATE, PRIVACY, ROADBLOCK, SAFETY, TRAFFIC STOP, Vehicle Search
If You Bought It, Do You Own It—Right to Repair
• February 26, 2021 • 0 Comments • Auto Industry, Car Care, LEGISLATION, OBD, PRIVACY, Right to Repair, SAFETY
Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the NMA magazine Driving Freedoms Winter 2021 edition. If you would like to receive the NMA quarterly magazine, join the NMA today! Massachusetts’ voters, by nearly 75 percent, demanded their right-to-repair on November 3, 2020. Voters were under the impression that casting their ballots for Question 1, would […]
Walking While Distracted–Nobody Wins
• February 19, 2021 • 0 Comments • CELL PHONE, DISTRACTED DRIVING, Distracted Walking, DRIVERLESS CARS, GHSA, Jaywalking, NHTSA, PEDESTRIAN, SAFETY, Technology, TEXTING, traffic safety
Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared in April 2018 as NMA E-Newsletter #481. If you would like to receive the weekly one-topic NMA Newsletter, subscribe today! Have we become a nation of cellphone zombies? Many experts believe that the increase in distracted driving, in particular using a cellphone to text while driving, has been a […]
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The Trouble with Exploding Sunroofs
Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared as NMA E-Newsletter #479 in March 2018. If you would like to receive the weekly newsletter, register here. Update: Several lawsuits have been filed since this post first appeared. Check out some headline updates at the end of this piece. Unfortunately, the trouble with sunroofs continues. As sunroofs become […]
The Zipper Merge—Coming to a Construction Zone near You
By guest writer Bob Morrow, NMA Montana Member Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared in April 2018 as NMA E-Newsletter #499. If you would like to receive the weekly one-topic NMA Newsletter, subscribe today! The most controversial, or more accurately the least understood, highway driving maneuver sanctioned by transportation experts is the zipper merge. It […]
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