By our latest count, twenty states have explicit laws banning traffic ticket quotas. And yet, the practice continues, even within some of those states. City, county, and state budgets must be met, and a reliable target for revenue continues to be the motorist. A brief rundown of the states with quota prohibitions follows but first, […]
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Ticket Quotas are Alive and All Too Well: NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #572
December 30, 2019 • 0 Comments • NHTSA, NMA, REVENUE GENERATION, SPEED TRAP, TICKET QUOTA, TICKET REVENUE, Traffic Tickets
The Slow March toward Forced Temperance: NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #571
December 23, 2019 • 0 Comments • DADSS, DISTRACTED DRIVING, IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE, LEGISLATION, NMA, PRIVACY, road safety, Technology
It’s been seven years since we wrote about the Driver Alcohol Detection System and Safety (DADSS) program–A Frog in the Pot, E-newsletter #187–and efforts to make ignition interlock devices standard equipment in all vehicles. Proponents of forcing all drivers to pass alcohol detection testing before being able to operate their cars are nothing if not […]
What U.S. Vehicle Fuel Economy Standards (if any) Should Be – Results of an NMA Online Survey, Part 2: NMA E-Newsletter #570
December 16, 2019 • 0 Comments • Auto Industry, CAFE, Electric Vehicle, Fuel, Gas Tax, Infrastructure, LETTER WRITING, NMA, SAFETY, Technology
Last week’s newsletter (Part 1, #569) provided a statistical summary of responses to an NMA November online survey seeking feedback about CAFE (corporate average fuel economy) standards. Here, in Part 2, is where the rubber hits the road. Those taking the survey were given the opportunity to include commentary to explain their choices of whether […]
What U.S. Vehicle Fuel Economy Standards (if any) Should Be – Results of an NMA Online Survey, Part 1: NMA E-Newsletter #569
Throughout November, we posted an online survey designed to better understand the sentiment of NMA supporters toward government-imposed CAFE standards. The Corporate Average Fuel Economy regulations established in 2012 mandated automakers to meet a fleetwide average of 54.5 miles per gallon by the vehicle model year 2025. That is quite a leap forward considering the […]
The Problem with Road Diets
• November 29, 2019 • 0 Comments • Bicycle, Complete Streets, Mass Transit, NMA, PEDESTRIAN, Road Diets, road safety, Speed Limits, Traffic Calming, Traffic Congestion, VISION ZERO
Editor’s Note: This post first appeared in the NMA Driving in America Blog in February 2018. Over 80 percent of adult Americans drive and driving is the number one way most Americans travel today. Five out of the top 10 most congested cities in the world are from the U.S. and that is why cities […]
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