By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director Editor’s Note: This post first appeared as NMA E-Newsletter #416 from January 2017. Owning a car has always been one of those milestones in a person’s life. When we were kids we dreamed about what kind of car we would own in the future. We dreamed of dragging Main […]
The Jigsaw Future of Car Ownership
April 24, 2020 • 2 Comment • Car Care, DRIVER EDUCATION, Driver's License, Electric Vehicle, Fuel, Gas Tax, INSURANCE, Mass Transit, Parking, Ridesharing, SOCIAL NETWORKING, tolls, Traffic Tickets
A Refresher Course on Ticket-Fighting Part 2: Driving in America
• April 17, 2020 • 0 Comments • Driver's License, LASER, NMA, racial profiling, RADAR, RADAR DETECTOR, SEAT BELT, SPEED LIMIT, TICKET FIGHTING, TRAFFIC STOP, Traffic Tickets
Editor’s Note: A Refresher Course on Ticket-Fighting Part 2 first appeared as a NMA Newsletter #337. Please check out Part 1 Here. If you would like to receive our weekly Email Newsletter, please join the NMA today! Can a police officer issue me a ticket if he’s outside his own jurisdiction? If the violation took […]
A Refresher Course on Ticket-Fighting Part 1: Driving in America
• April 10, 2020 • 2 Comment • DISCOVERY, DUI/DWI, FOIA, LASER, NMA, PUBLIC RECORDS, RADAR, RADAR DETECTOR, Seventh Amendment, Sixth Amendment, Speed Traps, TICKET FIGHTING, Traffic Tickets
Editor’s Note: A Refresher Course on Ticket-Fighting Part 1 first appeared as a NMA Newsletter #336. If you would like to receive our weekly Email Newsletter, please join the NMA today! Helping NMA members fight traffic tickets is foundational to the NMA mission. Over the years we’ve collected lots of tips and suggestions for getting […]
Roadblocks and Checkpoints during the COVID-19 Crisis: Driving in America Blog for April 3, 2020
April 3, 2020 • 0 Comments • ACLU, FOURTH AMENDMENT, Fuel, Gas Tax, ILLEGAL SEARCH, LASER, NMA, Predatory Towing, RADAR, Real ID, road safety, Roadblocks, SAFETY, TOWING, traffic stops, YELLOW LIGHT, YELLOW LIGHT TIMING
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director In my position as the NMA Communications Director, I skim or read hundreds of motoring news stories every day to bring you the news and to share trends and perspectives. Up until this week, I rarely ran across articles about checkpoints and roadblocks. The COVID-19 crisis is scary enough, […]
Traffic Stop 101: Stop and Identify Laws
March 27, 2020 • 2 Comment • Driver's License, Fifth Amendment, FOURTH AMENDMENT, INSURANCE, LICENSE PLATE, TRAFFIC STOP
By NMA Texas Member Ted Levitt I want to impart some information here about traffic stops, and before I do that, I want to tell a story about a traffic stop I saw recently on television. I will not get into the validity (or not) of the Sovereign Citizen Movement here, but I do know […]
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