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 of 18-wheelers to be at least age 21. That appears to be changing. With the passage of the November 2021 $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Investment Act, Congress requires the Federal […]
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Should 18-year-olds Drive a Big Rig? NMA E-Newsletter #685
February 28, 2022 • 0 Comments • ATA, CDL, DRIVER EDUCATION, Driver's License, FMCSA, INSURANCE, OOIDA, Parking, SAFETY
The USDOT, Speed Cameras, and Automated Corruption: NMA E-Newsletter #683
February 14, 2022 • 0 Comments • Automated Camera Tickets, Automated Traffic Enforcement, Corruption, Driver's License, LEGISLATION, red-light camera, REVENUE GENERATION, road safety, SAFETY, Speed Cameras, TICKET CAMERA, TICKET FINES, TICKET REVENUE, TRAFFIC CAMERA, Traffic Tickets
It didn’t take long after Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Transportation Secretary, introduced his department’s 42-page National Roadway Safety Strategy for people to grasp the importance of a tiny sentence buried in Note 3 on Page 28 of the report: “Promote speed safety cameras as a proven safety countermeasure.” Protestations emanated from as far away as the […]
Roads Might Be Dicier than Usual this Winter
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared in December 2021 as an NMA Weekly E-Newsletter. The situation in many states has not changed and with the current polar vortexes that continue to plague the US, it probably won’t improve this winter. If you would like to subscribe to the NMA’s […]
Driving Four-Wheelers on Alaskan Streets is now Legal with a Catch: NMA E-Newsletter #679
January 17, 2022 • 0 Comments • ALASKA, Driver's License, INSURANCE, LICENSE PLATE, SAFETY, SEAT BELT, SPEED LIMIT
At the start of the new year, the state of Alaska inaugurated new regulations that allow four-wheelers on roads with a speed limit of 45 mph or less. In the past, rules allowed these motorized vehicles to cross state roads only. Alaska defines all-purpose vehicles as any self-propelled device on wheels or tracks that make […]
2021: The Year Flock Safety License Plate Readers Exploded Across the Country
January 11, 2022 • 0 Comments • ACLU, Civil Asset Forfeiture, Driver's License, DRONES, Facial Recognition, ICE, license plate readers, LICENSE PLATES, PRIVACY, Smart Cities, street furniture, Street Lights, Technology, TICKET FINES
By guest writer Joe Cadillic, founder of the MassPrivatel Blog 2021 will also go down as the year police/Flock Safety license plate readers exploded across the country. One major development that went overlooked by the mass media is Flock Safety’s role in the ever-expanding network of police license plate readers. From January 2021-December 2021, law […]
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