By Jay Beeber, Director of Policy & Research For the past few years, we’ve been monitoring a concerning trend in traffic enforcement: a steady shift towards more and more automated ticketing. Unfortunately, this trend appears to be gaining momentum. In California, we’ve witnessed a surge of bills introduced that attempt to authorize various forms of […]
18 Blog Posts From the CIVIL Tag
NMA E-Newsletter #738: The Revenue-Hungry Rise of Automated Ticketing
May 1, 2023 • 0 Comments • Automated Camera Tickets, Automated Ticket Enforcement, Bus Lane Cameras, CIVIL, DUE PROCESS, Photo Enforcement, RED LIGHT CAMERA, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, SCHOOL BUS CAMERA, SPEED CAMERA, TICKET CAMERA, TICKET REVENUE
Low-Level Traffic Fines: A Slippery Slope to Civil Court: NMA E-Newsletter #730
January 9, 2023 • 0 Comments • CIVIL, CRIMINAL, DISCOVERY, DMV, Driver's License, DUE PROCESS, DUI, LEGISLATION, NEVADA, NMA, OREGON, TICKET FIGHTING, TICKET FINES, Traffic Tickets
On January 1st, Nevada became the latest state to remove the threat of a criminal charge for motorists who can’t pay fines for minor traffic violations. The new law has downgraded these minor infractions from criminal misdemeanors to civil violations with civil penalties. This change only applies to low-level traffic tickets, not to tickets like reckless […]
Civil Asset Forfeiture in Indiana Goes Beyond Policing for Profit: NMA E-Newsletter #701
June 20, 2022 • 0 Comments • CAF, CHECKPOINT, CIVIL, Civil Asset Forfeiture, Civil Forfeiture, DUE PROCESS, INDIANA, NMA, Policing for Profit, traffic stops
Initially created to take down drug lords, civil asset forfeiture has morphed into an excuse by federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to confiscate cash and other property regardless of whether a person is charged with a crime. The Indiana Supreme Court recently ruled that the government must prove it is ‘entitled’ to keep […]
What’s Up with Philly?
March 11, 2022 • 0 Comments • CAF, CIVIL, Civil Asset Forfeiture, Congestion Pricing, Corruption, Infrastructure, infrastructure funding, INSURANCE, LEGISLATION, LICENSE PLATE, Mass Transit, Parking, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, Speed Cameras, SPEEDING, TICKET CAMERA, TICKET REVENUE, TOLL, TOLLING, traffic safety, TRAFFIC STOP, Traffic Tickets, VISION ZERO
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared as the cover story in the Winter 2022 Edition of the National Motorists Association’s quarterly magazine Driving Freedoms. If you would like to receive our magazine, please become a member of the NMA today! The City of Brotherly Love seems anything but when […]
Oversized Injury Verdicts may be on the Way out in Montana and Texas
Editor’s Note: This post first appeared as NMA E-Newsletter #646. If you would like to subscribe to this weekly one-topic newsletter, click HERE to subscribe. Over the past two years, insurance rates for trucking companies have increased an average of 20 to 25 percent. Umbrella or excess liability policies have increased even more—over 75 percent—which […]
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