Warm wishes to you if you have recently received your driving permit. Now you are in the club of 227 million drivers in the United States! Getting a permit becomes a source of freedom and adulthood, but it also requires maturity and responsibility. The most critical aspect of driving is when you are driving recklessly; […]
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A Quick Highway Driving Guide for Newbies
• August 31, 2019 • 0 Comments • Car Care, DISTRACTED DRIVING, Driver's License, Fuel, Lane Courtesy, NMA, SAFETY, Tips
Problem Solved: Ban Cars
August 30, 2019 • 0 Comments • Bicycle, Bicyclist, DUI/DWI, Lane Courtesy, NMA, Red-Light Cameras, Speed Limits, VISION ZERO
This post first appeared as NMA E-Newsletter #516 in December 2018. Randy LoBasso, policy manager at the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, loves to hate the National Motorists Association. We are often the bogeyman he uses as a counterpoint to his pro-bicyclist, Vision Zero, anti-car rhetoric. For instance: “Let’s understand what the National Motorists Association […]
Political Interference in Setting Speed Limits Shouldn’t Happen
August 23, 2019 • 0 Comments • 85TH PERCENTILE, Automated Traffic Enforcement, INSURANCE, Insurance Companies, NMA, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, Speed Limits, TICKET FINES, TICKET REVENUE, VISION ZERO
From guest writer Ian Tootill, who is co-founder of the grassroots British Columbia motorists advocacy group SENSE BC (or Safety by Education and Not Speed Enforcement). SENSE BC and the NMA are kindred spirits, with SENSE advocating for sensible driving standards for more than 23 years and the NMA for over 36. The issues facing drivers in […]
An Appropriate Balance for Whom? – NMA Readers Respond: NMA E-Newsletter #553
August 19, 2019 • 0 Comments • Bicycle, Complete Streets, LEGISLATION, NMA, SPEED LIMIT, TICKET QUOTA, VISION ZERO
In “An Appropriate Balance for Whom?” (NMA E-Newsletter #552), we discussed HB 3663, a recently introduced bill to Congress that would require each state to fund its own program to prioritize walking and bicycle riding over vehicular traffic when designing new or upgrading existing roads. Data from the 2016 U.S. Census showed that more than […]
Are Cyclists Vision Zero Zealots?
• August 16, 2019 • 0 Comments • Bicycle, Bicyclist, Congestion Tolling, Driver's License, NMA, RIGHT-TURN-ON-RED, Road Diets, VISION ZERO
Eric Berg is an NMA director and life member since the Citizens Coalition for Rational Traffic Law days. Eric is an avid sport bicyclist as well as staunch defender of motorists’ rights. He is well positioned to provide observations from both vantage points. This thinkpiece first appeared in January 2019 as NMA E-Newsletter #524. One […]
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