By Chad Dornsife, NMA Nevada Activist and Executive Director of Best Highway Safety Practices Institute This post originally appeared as NMA E-Newsletter #542 on June 2, 2019. Editor’s Note: This is Part 1 of what Chad half-jokingly refers to as his manifesto, written nearly ten years ago from a federalist point of view. This installment […]
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U.S. Traffic Law History and Why State Laws Are Subordinate: NMA E-Newsletter #542
By Chad Dornsife NMA Nevada Activist, Executive Director of Best Highway Safety Practices Institute Editor’s Note: This is Part 1 of what Chad half-jokingly refers to as his manifesto, written nearly ten years ago from a federalist point of view. This installment details the development of traffic laws in the United States and the origins […]
The game of life
We have another episode of “signs as toys.” The city of Medford, Massachusetts earned a lot of media attention by putting school children in charge of traffic control. A picture shows a row of children standing behind a row of ramps. As I see it, drivers are supposed to hit the ramps and fly over […]
NMA Principle Number 2: Traffic Laws Fairly Written and Reasonably Enforced
• February 22, 2019 • 0 Comments • 85TH PERCENTILE, Automated Traffic Enforcement, FHWA, MUTCD, NMA, PRIVACY, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, SHORT YELLOW LIGHT, Speed Cameras, Speed Limits, Speed Traps, TICKET CAMERA, TICKET FIGHTING, TICKET REVENUE, traffic safety, Traffic Tickets, YELLOW LIGHT, Yellow Light Duration, YELLOW LIGHT TIMING
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 […]
Happiness makes the world slow down
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood. At the fork was a new stop sign. The view was clear up both forks, no traffic visible, but we were supposed to stop. Why? The usual reason for an all-way stop in a sparsely populated area. To make residents happy. The town’s engineer had approved an all-way […]
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