Written by Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director with Joe Cadillic, MassPrivatel Blog The Street Surveillance Watch Blog comes to you biweekly on the National Motorists Association Blog. If you have comments or suggestions, write a comment after this blog or contact us at nma@motorists.org. Do we really need Smart Cities? Even before the COVID0-19 crisis, […]
44 Blog Posts From the LICENSE PLATE Tag
Do we really need Smart Cities?
June 1, 2020 • 0 Comments • ACLU, CELL PHONE, connected cars, Contact Tracing, Driver's License, DRIVERLESS CARS, DRONES, Facial Recognition, LEGISLATION, LICENSE PLATE, license plate readers, PEDESTRIAN, PRIVACY, SAFETY, Smart Cities, street furniture, Street Lights, Technology, TRAFFIC CAMERA
The History of License Plates: Evolution & Development
• April 2, 2020 • 0 Comments • ALPR, Digital License Plate, Electric Vehicle, LICENSE PLATE, Parking, road safety, Technology, tolls
The license plate has become so ubiquitous in our everyday lives that we rarely stop to think how and why it was invented, when the need for it arose, and where it first appeared. Rarely do we stop to consider the role of the license plate in our life, how it helps keep us safe, […]
Traffic Stop 101: Stop and Identify Laws
March 27, 2020 • 2 Comment • Driver's License, Fifth Amendment, FOURTH AMENDMENT, INSURANCE, LICENSE PLATE, TRAFFIC STOP
By NMA Texas Member Ted Levitt I want to impart some information here about traffic stops, and before I do that, I want to tell a story about a traffic stop I saw recently on television. I will not get into the validity (or not) of the Sovereign Citizen Movement here, but I do know […]
A Car’s Black Box and a City’s ALPR Program Put to the Test in two Different Courts: NMA E-Newsletter #566
November 18, 2019 • 0 Comments • ACLU, ALPR, BLACK BOX, EDR, EVENT DATA RECORDER, FOURTH AMENDMENT, ILLEGAL SEARCH, LICENSE PLATE, NMA, PRIVACY
Two motorists recently won Fourth Amendment decisions. Both cases will likely be appealed, and will have major privacy rights implications for how and where we drive our vehicles. ALPRs in Florida Raul Mas Canosa was mad and decided he wasn’t going to take it anymore. The city where he lives, Coral Gables, Florida, tracked his […]
Massive 30-State, Real-Time ALPR Database Revealed: NMA E-Newsletter #558
September 23, 2019 • 0 Comments • ALPR, Infrastructure, LICENSE PLATE, PRIVACY, SAFETY, Technology, TRAFFIC STOP
By guest writer Joe Cadillic of the Massprivatel Blog Our worst fears about automatic license plate readers (ALPR) are coming to fruition, and no one in public understands just how much our privacy will be invaded. This summer, I warned everyone on my blog, and in the NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #554, that police in Arizona […]
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