Editor’s Note: This letter was sent last week to Congress, and the National Motorists Association is one of over 80 signatories. The Honorable Mitch McConnell The Honorable John Thune Majority Leader […]
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American for Toll-Free Interstate Letter to Congressional Leadership Opposing Tolls on Existing Interstates
May 12, 2021 • 0 Comments • ATFI, Gas Tax, Highway Trust Fund, Infrastructure, infrastructure funding, NMA, Public Private Partnership, REVENUE GENERATION, TOLL, Toll Roads, TOLLING, tolls
Should We Lean into a Federal Vehicle Miles Traveled Tax?: NMA E-Newsletter #643
May 10, 2021 • 0 Comments • Auto Industry, Auto Privacy, Electric Vehicle, Gas Tax, GPS, Infrastructure, infrastructure funding, LEGISLATION, NMA, PRIVACY, REVENUE GENERATION, Road Usage Charge, Road User Charge, Traffic Congestion, VMT Tax
Most experts agree that the way America funds infrastructure is broken. Many of our roads are in terrible shape. The Highway Trust Fund is nearly empty. Many local governments have difficulty paying for year-round road maintenance. The reasons vary. The federal and state gas taxes have never been adjusted for inflation. Many states divert funds […]
The Legal Obliteration of Due Process: NMA E-Newsletter #642
May 3, 2021 • 0 Comments • Driver's License, DUE PROCESS, LEGISLATION, NMA, SCHOOL BUS, TICKET FINES
Coercion is an ugly word, but lawmakers have been known to use it as a blunt weapon to force compliance by the very people they represent. The latest and all-too-blatant example of legislative intimidation is contained within California Senate Bill 111. While this bill is about the use of school bus automated enforcement, a topic […]
More Hands on Deck: NMA E-Newsletter #641
April 26, 2021 • 0 Comments • Bicyclist, FHWA, MUTCD, NMA, PEDESTRIAN, road safety, SAFETY, SPEED LIMIT, stop signs, Traffic Signals
Member response to the NMA’s April 13th email alert and last week’s newsletter, All Hands on Deck, #640, has been tremendous. This grassroots campaign is focused on convincing the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) that key components of its planned update to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) will make the roads less, not […]
Drive 55 Everywhere . . . Or Less
• April 23, 2021 • 0 Comments • 85TH PERCENTILE, Automated Traffic Enforcement, Eric Peters, FHWA, INSURANCE, Insurance Companies, MUTCD, NMA, NMSL, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, Speed Limits, Technology, TICKET FINES, TICKET REVENUE, traffic safety, Traffic Tickets, VISION ZERO
Speed limits are about to become limitless as in, whatever those who set them say they are. This has always been true, to an extent in that all speed limits are, to a degree, arbitrary. People are subject to a ticket, i.e., being extorted by armed government workers, acting on behalf of the government simply […]
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