By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director Editor’s Note: This piece was first posted in June 2019 as NMA E-Newsletter #545. GeekWire posted last month that Portland, Oregon quietly launched a controversial mobile location data project with partner Sidewalk Labs (a subsidiary of Alphabet–which is the parent company of Google). In this year-long pilot program, the […]
Profound Privacy Risks without our Consent
October 25, 2019 • 0 Comments • ACLU, CELL PHONE, Driver's License, Facial Recognition, license plate readers, NMA, PRIVACY, Technology
The Safe Drivers Act is A Real-Time National Driver Surveillance Program
By guest writer Joe Cadillic, editor of the MassPrivatel Blog. A new Senate bill, called the Safe Drivers Act (H.R. 4531), would create a real-time national driver surveillance program. A local Massachusetts TV report revealed that law enforcement would know anything and everything about a driver at the click of a button. MA Congressman Seth Moulton […]
Police Misconduct Costs Taxpayers More Than Just Money
This post first appeared in August 2019 as the NMA E-Newsletter #502. Society has trouble talking about police misconduct in any meaningful way. If we question police actions, it looks as if we don’t support them. In reality, most of us do support the brave men and women who put themselves on the line every day […]
Bicycle Idaho Stops are Not Safe for Any Road User
October 4, 2019 • 0 Comments • Bicycle, Bicyclist, E-Scooters, LEGISLATION, NMA, road safety, SAFETY, traffic safety
This post first appeared in September 2018 as NMA E-Newsletter #504. Since 1982, Idaho has been the only state that has allowed bicyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs and stoplights as stop signs. No other state passed a similar law until 2017. Delaware now has a similar law on its book and the Idaho […]
How to Sell a Used Car
Buying a new or newer car leaves one with the task of disposing of the vehicle being replaced. Depending on the condition, it may be junked, donated to a charity, traded in for credit towards the replacement vehicle, or sold privately. Any trade in will only be at wholesale value as the firm accepting the […]
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