Cars are supposed to transport us — not parent us. The government disagrees, of course. That’s not new. Uncle has been working hard to parent grown adults since at least the 1960s, when it first got into the saaaafety business. Which of course is really the control business — and that business is as old […]
259 Blog Posts From the Insurance Companies Tag
Parenting for Profit
• October 23, 2018 • 0 Comments • Auto Industry, Breathalyzers, CELL PHONE, DISTRACTED DRIVING, Eric Peters, GPS TRACKING, Insurance Companies, SAFETY, SEAT BELT, Technology
Are We Really Ready for RoboCars?
• October 21, 2018 • 0 Comments • Auto Industry, DISTRACTED DRIVING, DRIVER EDUCATION, DRIVERLESS CARS, Insurance Companies, PRIVACY, road safety, SAFETY, Technology
By the end of the year, Waymo plans to release upon the world (in Arizona specifically) robotaxis that can be summoned with the press of a button. Are we ready to forgo our personal vehicle and step into a transportation pod that controls us in an intimate and even perhaps a provocative way? Probably not. […]
How to Stop Being the Silent Majority!
October 19, 2018 • 0 Comments • 85TH PERCENTILE, Driver's License, Insurance Companies, LETTER WRITING, NMA, NTSB, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, Speed Cameras, Speed Limits, traffic stops, VISION ZERO
This article first appeared as the cover story in the NMA Foundation’s quarterly magazine Driving Freedoms Fall 2017! You probably joined the NMA because of its mission to protect drivers’ rights; or because you believe deeply in one or more of the issues we advocate. That makes you unique, an exception among the 88 percent […]
The Carrot and the Stick Approach to Vehicle Tracking: What’s wrong with congestion pricing and Vehicle Miles Traveled Tax Schemes?
September 28, 2018 • 0 Comments • Electric Vehicle, Fuel, Gas Tax, GPS TRACKING, Insurance Companies, NMA, PRIVACY, Technology, Traffic Congestion, VMT, VMT Tax
This article first appeared in the NMA Foundation quarterly magazine Driving Freedoms Winter 2016 edition. Smart Growth supporters claim their transportation fixes will reduce congestion and lead to more accessible roads for all users. In practice, the opposite may be true. In the winter 2015 Driving Freedoms, a California NMA member described how congestion and […]
Boston’s “Vision Zero” Exposed: Lowering the speed limit increases speeding ticket revenue by 47%: NMA E-Newsletter #506
September 24, 2018 • 0 Comments • 85TH PERCENTILE, Facial Recognition, IIHS, Insurance Companies, NHTSA, NMA, NMA Foundation, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, SPEED LIMIT, TICKET REVENUE, VISION ZERO
From guest writer Joe Cadillic of the MassPrivatel Blog All across the country, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is hard at work convincing cities to lower their speed limits to 25 MPH. The national effort to lower speed limits in cities is a fundamental tenet of a movement known as “Vision Zero.” To date, the National Highway […]
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