By Thomas Beckett, NMA Arkansas Member Earlier this year, I wrote about Issue 1 that will appear on the Arkansas November 3, 2020, ballot. If passed, the state would make the temporary half-cent sales tax set to expire in 2023 permanent. The tax’s initial purpose was to fund bonds issued for highway improvements, which consisted […]
Motorists Vote 2020: Arkansas Ballot Question 1 Part 2
October 23, 2020 • 0 Comments • Electric Vehicle, Fuel, Fuel Tax, infrastructure funding, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY
Wanna Bet? How Casino Gambling Will Pay the Way for Highway Funding in Arkansas, Part 2
By Thomas Beckett, Arkansas NMA Member Editor’s Note: In 2020, for the Driving in America blog, Thomas has already written three posts on how a small state like Arkansas is working to fund infrastructure projects and an additional post on how Arkansas is raising speed limits. His last post was Part 1 of Wanna Bet? […]
Should Parents be Teaching Their Kids How to Drive?
• October 9, 2020 • 4 Comment • DRIVER EDUCATION, Driver's License, Lane Courtesy, ROUNDABOUT, ZIPPER MERGE
Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared as an NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #497 emailed to members in July 2018. If you would like to receive the newsletter, join today the thousands of other active motorists who have made that choice! Our son will soon turn 16, and he has no interest in learning how to drive […]
Compunction to Shame Motorists needs to Stop
• October 2, 2020 • 0 Comments • Bicycle, Driver's License, Mass Transit, Open Streets, Parking, PEDESTRIAN, SAFETY, VISION ZERO
Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared as an NMA Weekly Newsletter #593 emailed to members in May 2020. If you would like to receive the newsletter, join today the thousands of other active motorists who have made that choice! From the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, anti-car groups have shamed, cajoled, and humiliated city officials […]
Flipping the Stacked Deck against Civil Asset Forfeiture
September 25, 2020 • 0 Comments • CHECKPOINT, Civil Asset Forfeiture, DUE PROCESS, NMA, Policing for Profit, REVENUE GENERATION, TICKET FINES, Ticket Quotas, TRAFFIC STOP, Traffic Tickets
By Gary Biller, NMA President Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared as an NMA Weekly Newsletter #594 emailed to members in May 2020. If you would like to receive the newsletter, join today the thousands of other active motorists who have made that choice! There are many forms of legitimized stealing. The government has perfected […]
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