By guest writer Attorney Donald W. Singleton Driving under the influence (DUI) is a serious offense that carries severe penalties in every state. In some cases, it can even become a felony charge. However, there are different levels of offenses and each one leads to different consequences. A person convicted of DUI could face jail […]
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Highway Deaths in Rural America: NMA E-Newsletter #714
September 19, 2022 • 0 Comments • Bicyclist, DISTRACTED DRIVING, Driver Courtesy, DRIVER EDUCATION, Driver's License, GHSA, Mass Transit, Motorcycle, NHTSA, NMA, PEDESTRIAN, road safety, SEAT BELT, SPEEDING, traffic safety
The Governor’s Highway Safety Association (GHSA) released a study called America’s Rural Roads: Beautiful and Deadly earlier this month. Researchers found that between 2016 and 2020, 40 percent of US traffic deaths occurred on rural roads. A total of 85,002 people died in rural areas during the five-year study period—nearly half of all traffic deaths across the country. This […]
How Driving Age and Norms Vary Throughout the World
• August 30, 2022 • 0 Comments • Car Care, DRIVER EDUCATION, Driver's License, NHTSA, road safety, Speed Limits, Tips, Traffic Congestion
At what age are you able to receive your driver’s license? What might it look like to drive on a road in another part of the world? How do people drive, and how does it vary from our own experience here in the United States? The laws and traffic regulations surrounding driving throughout the world […]
Retesting All Drivers–Make the Roads Safer!
July 27, 2022 • 0 Comments • Bicyclist, CELL PHONE, DISTRACTED DRIVING, Driver's License, DUI/DWI, INSURANCE, PEDESTRIAN, Road Rage, road safety, SAFETY, Senior Drivers
By Lauren Fix, The Car Coach Unless you’re never near a road, then this affects you! More people are driving now than ever in history, even with the rising cost of vehicles and gas prices. There are more crashes, more fatalities, more dangerous maneuvers, more road rage, more of all the bad things that come […]
Should 18-year-olds Drive a Big Rig?
• June 17, 2022 • 0 Comments • ATA, CDL, DRIVER EDUCATION, Driver's License, FMCSA, INSURANCE, OOIDA, Parking, SAFETY
Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared in February 2022 as NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #685. If you would like to become a subscriber to our Sunday one-topic newsletter, click HERE. The minimum age to obtain a commercial driver’s license and drive a tractor-trailer within state boundaries is 18 in all states. Federal guidelines require the driver […]
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