Kids grow up so fast. And before you know it, your 14-year-old comes to you asking to teach them how to drive. That’s the conversation my son came to me several months ago, with traditional beggings, like “everyone at school already knows how to drive” and “I want to be cool like other kids.” And […]
274 Blog Posts From the DUI/DWI Tag
How to Teach Your Teen Crucial Driving Rules
• April 13, 2019 • 0 Comments • CELL PHONE, DISTRACTED DRIVING, DUI/DWI, SAFETY, SEAT BELT, Speed Limits, Tips
Tracking Legislative Activity the NMA Way: NMA –E-Newsletter #533
April 1, 2019 • 0 Comments • ALPR, Automated Traffic Enforcement, Driver's License, DUI/DWI, Lane Courtesy, LEGISLATION, NMA, RADAR, RADAR DETECTOR, Roadblocks, SCHOOL BUS, Speed Limits, TICKET FINES, TRAFFIC CAMERA, Traffic Signals
Today we complete the first full calendar quarter of reporting motorist-related activity that is passing through state and federal legislatures. The NMA Bill/Regulation Tracker (Bill Tracker) was introduced in the Winter 2019 issue of Driving Freedoms and went live on Motorists.org in early January when most states began new legislative sessions. Only three months in […]
Catch 22
We all know that failing a field sobriety test is evidence against you. The Massachusetts Court of Appeals reminds us that passing one can be too. At a DUI trial the prosecution has to show that you were intoxicated and that you were driving. That’s two separate facts. It’s not DUI if you’re not driving. […]
From Canada, With Love
• March 5, 2019 • 0 Comments • DUI/DWI, Eric Peters, Fifth Amendment, FOURTH AMENDMENT, ILLEGAL SEARCH, SAFETY, TRAFFIC STOP
One thing inevitably follows the next — if the first thing is tolerated. When the Supreme Court, America’s unelected legislative body, created an exception (several, actually) to the Fourth Amendment’s clear and definite prohibition of searches without having first established probable cause and without a specific warrant, the Fourth Amendment became a functional nullity — […]
NMA Principle Number 3: Freedom from arbitrary traffic stops and unwarranted searches/seizures
• March 1, 2019 • 0 Comments • CAF, CHECKPOINT, Civil Asset Forfeiture, Civil Forfeiture, Driver's License, DUI/DWI, Fourteenth Amendment, FOURTH AMENDMENT, ILLEGAL SEARCH, INSURANCE, NMA, Roadblocks, SAFETY, SEAT BELT, traffic safety, TRAFFIC STOP
The Driving in America Blog was started a year ago to bring more information to those who are beginning their journey as motorists’ rights advocates. Over the next several months, I will be working with each of the seven NMA principles to give readers of this weekly blog some idea of what we all are working towards […]
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