By Gary Biller, NMA President Every two or three years, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) splashes the media with a recycled report of how many deaths have occurred due to raised speed limits. And reporters dutifully echo it as gospel because sensational headlines like, “Speed limit increases are tied to 37,000 deaths over […]
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The IIHS: When a New Study is Not New and Not a Study—NMA E-Newsletter #535
April 15, 2019 • 0 Comments • FARS, IIHS, INSURANCE, Insurance Companies, NHTSA, NMSL, Speed Limits, Traffic Tickets
Why Speed Limiters Are NOT About Safety, But More About Control
April 5, 2019 • 0 Comments • 85TH PERCENTILE, FARS, Insurance Companies, NHTSA, NMA, NMA Foundation, SAFETY, Speed Limiters, Speed Limits
By Florida Member Stephen Donaldson Life Member, Stephen Donaldson has held various volunteer positions (including Florida State Activist) with the National Motorists Association. He currently serves as a member of the NMA Foundation Board. He wrote a version of this post as a letter-to-the-editor. Say NO to speed limiters! The speed limiters that will soon […]
What You Should Know About Car Recalls
Cars are safer and better built than they’ve ever been, but manufacturers are also issuing more recalls on cars than ever before. In the age of lawsuits and social media, automakers are doing the most they can to take ownership of issues, but when you receive a letter from your car’s manufacturer notifying you of […]
Vision Zero Invasion of the Car Itself: NMA E-Newsletter #532
March 25, 2019 • 0 Comments • Auto Industry, BAC, BLACK BOX, BREATHALYZER, DISTRACTED DRIVING, DRIVERLESS CARS, EDR, EVENT DATA RECORDER, GPS, IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE, NHTSA, PRIVACY, SAFETY, Speed Limits, TPMS, VISION ZERO
In three years, all new cars and light-trucks purchased in EU countries will be required to include standard price-increasing features that will change how motorists drive. Members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection voted in February to approve a range of new vehicle safety standards initially proposed by the European […]
The Next Ten Years: NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #520
December 31, 2018 • 0 Comments • 85TH PERCENTILE, Auto Industry, Automated Traffic Enforcement, Congestion Pricing, DRIVERLESS CARS, FHWA, Insurance Companies, ITE, LEGISLATION, NHTSA, NMA, NMA Foundation, NSC, NTSB, Policing for Profit, PRIVACY, REVENUE GENERATION, Ridesharing, ROAD-USER FEES, SAFETY, Speed Limits, Technology, TICKET FINES, TICKET REVENUE, TRAFFIC CAMERA, traffic safety, Traffic Tickets
We wanted to do something special for Issue #520 because it marks ten years of uninterrupted weekly NMA e-newsletters that, we hope, have provided entertaining (if not thought-provoking) perspectives. To carry on that tradition, NMA and NMA Foundation directors were asked to provide mini essays for the occasion. No one likes homework but they tackled […]
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