By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director Editor’s Note: This post first appeared in October 2022 as NMA E-Newsletter #718. If you would like to subscribe to our weekly E-Newsletter, click HERE. During driver’s ed class, many of us drove lesson cars with speed governors. Newbies needed them so they wouldn’t endanger themselves or their trainer […]
57 Blog Posts From the Lane Courtesy Tag
Speed Limiters Coming to a Highway Near You!
January 6, 2023 • 0 Comments • FMCSA, GPS, ISA, Lane Courtesy, NTSB, OOIDA, SAFETY, Speed Limiters, Speed Limits, Technology, Traffic Congestion
Two Lanes of Driving Behavior–Are you a Safe Driver? Are you a Compliant Driver?
By Stewart Price, NMA Programs Officer Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared as NMA E-Newsletter #711 from August 2022. If you would like to subscribe to our single-topic motorist-issue weekly newsletter, click here. Until I started working here at the NMA, I thought these two questions are the same. As the French would say, “C’est […]
Speed Limiters Coming to a Highway Near You!: NMA E-Newsletter #718
October 17, 2022 • 0 Comments • FMCSA, GPS, ISA, Lane Courtesy, NTSB, OOIDA, SAFETY, Speed Limiters, Speed Limits, Technology, Traffic Congestion
During driver’s ed class, many of us drove lesson cars with speed governors. Newbies needed them so they wouldn’t endanger themselves or their trainer by accidentally hitting the gas instead of the brakes. But no one ever imagined speed governors (now called limiters) would become standard equipment on a car, especially when driving requires situational […]
NMA Legislative Roundup – January-June, 2022: NMA E-Newsletter #705
July 18, 2022 • 0 Comments • Automated Traffic Enforcement, CELL PHONE, DRONES, Facial Recognition, Fuel Tax, Gas Tax, Lane Courtesy, LEGISLATION, Red-Light Cameras, SCHOOL BUS CAMERA, SPEED CAMERA, SPEED LIMIT, TICKET QUOTA, TICKET REVENUE, Traffic Tickets
The January through June legislative activity at the state and national levels is complete. It is worth reviewing a report card of bills resolved during the period, motorist-related legislation that we followed. Overall, 38 bills that the NMA supported or opposed met the fate we desired as opposed to 21 that went against our wishes. […]
Driver Courtesy Month—Steady as You Go!
• September 24, 2021 • 0 Comments • Driver Courtesy, Fuel, Lane Courtesy, Road Rage, SAFETY, Tailgating, Traffic Congestion, Traffic speed
Welcome to Driver Courtesy Month! This blog is part four of our month-long series on Driver Courtesy. Check out Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3! Don’t forget to take the online quiz Are You a Courteous Driver? “Steady as you go” can mean many things to many different people, but for the purposes of […]
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