July, August, and September were not nearly as active in resolving NMA-tracked legislation as in the second quarter, but October began with some very important events that will have positive ramifications for motorists well into the future. Let’s start with the final disposition of bills in the third quarter: Bills Opposed by the NMA […]
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NMA Wrap Up of Legislative Activity, 3rd Quarter 2019: NMA E-Newsletter #562
October 21, 2019 • 0 Comments • 85TH PERCENTILE, BAC, Bicycle, Complete Streets, Congestion Pricing, ITE, LEGISLATION, MOVE OVER LAW, NMA, NMA Foundation, PEDESTRIAN, RADAR, Road Diets, SAFETY, Scooters, SPEED CAMERA, SPEED LIMIT, SPEED TRAP, TICKET CAMERA, Traffic Calming, Traffic Congestion, VISION ZERO, YELLOW LIGHT, YELLOW LIGHT TIMING
Why Speed Limiters Are NOT About Safety, But More About Control
April 5, 2019 • 2 Comment • 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 […]
Are Cyclists Vision Zero Zealots—Readers’ Responses: NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #525
February 4, 2019 • 0 Comments • Bicyclist, NMA, NMA Foundation, Speed Bumps, SPEED LIMIT, TEXTING, TICKET FINES, TICKET REVENUE, Traffic Congestion, VISION ZERO
Last week, we emailed and posted on our website a guest newsletter entitled Are Cyclists Vision Zero Zealots? written by Eric Berg, an NMA Board Member, an NMA Life Member, an avid sport bicyclist, and a staunch defender of motorists’ rights. Readers, including some of whom (like Eric) are bicyclists, responded with interesting perspectives which […]
The Next Ten Years – Readers’ Edition, Part 1: NMA E-Newsletter #522
January 14, 2019 • 0 Comments • 85TH PERCENTILE, DISTRACTED DRIVING, DRIVERLESS CARS, DUI/DWI, Infrastructure, NMA, NMA Foundation, PRIVACY, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, Speed Cameras, Speed Limits, Technology
When we published E-Newsletter #520, The Next Ten Years, on December 30, 2018 with predictions from some NMA and NMA Foundation directors of the challenges that the NMA and motoring public are going to face over the next decade, we encouraged readers to provide their insights. And boy, have you. We currently have enough material […]
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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