On January 1st, Nevada became the latest state to remove the threat of a criminal charge for motorists who can’t pay fines for minor traffic violations. The new law has downgraded these minor infractions from criminal misdemeanors to civil violations with civil penalties. This change only applies to low-level traffic tickets, not to tickets like reckless […]
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Low-Level Traffic Fines: A Slippery Slope to Civil Court: NMA E-Newsletter #730
January 9, 2023 • 0 Comments • CIVIL, CRIMINAL, DISCOVERY, DMV, Driver's License, DUE PROCESS, DUI, LEGISLATION, NEVADA, NMA, OREGON, TICKET FIGHTING, TICKET FINES, Traffic Tickets
Highway Deaths in Rural America
December 16, 2022 • 0 Comments • Bicyclist, DISTRACTED DRIVING, Driver Courtesy, DRIVER EDUCATION, Driver's License, GHSA, Mass Transit, Motorcycle, NHTSA, NMA, PEDESTRIAN, road safety, SEAT BELT, SPEEDING, traffic safety
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared as NMA E-Newsletter #714 in September 2022. The Governor’s Highway Safety Association (GHSA) released a study called America’s Rural Roads: Beautiful and Deadly earlier this month. Researchers found that between 2016 and 2020, 40 percent of US traffic deaths occurred on rural roads. A total of 85,002 […]
Community Speed Watch: Is it Snitching or Driver Education?
December 9, 2022 • 0 Comments • DRIVER EDUCATION, license plate readers, NMA, PEDESTRIAN, Speed Humps, Speed Limits, SPEEDING, Traffic Calming, TRAFFIC CAMERA
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared as NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #713 in September 2022. If you like to subscribe to the NMA one topic motorist issue newsletter, click here. Green Bay, Wisconsin Police Department recently announced that it has partnered with the Green Bay Neighborhood Associations to start a ‘Community Speed Watch.’ […]
Taking the Politics Out of Speed Limit Setting: NMA E-Newsletter #724
November 28, 2022 • 0 Comments • 85TH PERCENTILE, CALIFORNIA, Complete Streets, GPS, MASSACHUSETTS, NMA, OREGON, road safety, Speed Limits, Technology, VISION ZERO
All traffic is local, and nothing gets people riled up more than speed limits. The 85th percentile has been the standard for measuring speed limits for years. Due to pressure from groups such as Vision Zero and Complete Streets, this standard of measuring speed is losing ground in states such as California, Oregon, and Massachusetts, […]
Motorists Vote 2022: An Overview of US Motorist-Related Ballot Initiatives from the November 8th Vote: NMA E-Newsletter #723
November 21, 2022 • 0 Comments • CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, FLORIDA, Infrastructure, MAINE, Mass Transit, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, MONTANA, NEBRASKA, NEVADA, NEW MEXICO, NMA, NORTH CAROLINA, OHIO, TEXAS, Voting, Washington State, WEST VIRGINIA
Here is how Americans voted on ballot initiatives that the NMA outlined in Newsletter #719. The following election results came from Ballotpedia unless listed otherwise. Here are some articles from the national perspective on motorist and transportation issues: Voters Across the Country Support Public Transportation at the Ballot Box (APTA Center for Transportation Excellence) It’s […]
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