A number of cities large and small have been successful in ridding their area of red-light cameras and so can you. A ballot initiative to rid your community of red-light cameras once and for all can be successful with a planning and support. But how do you get started? First of all, to learn more […]
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Road User Fees May Be Necessary (But Reasonable is a Different Matter): NMA E-Newsletter #483
April 16, 2018 • 0 Comments • Gas Tax, NMA, PENNSYLVANIA, REVENUE GENERATION, ROAD-USER FEES, TOLL, TOLL ROAD, TOLLING
A basic principle held by the National Motorists Association is, “Reasonable highway user fees [are] for maintaining and improving highways, not for financing non-highway projects.” (See the other main NMA tenets here.) The recent class action lawsuit the NMA filed with truckers’ association OOIDA against the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission for many years of excessive tolling […]
What is the best way to stop Distracted Driving?
April had been designated Distracted Driving Month and we see numerous law enforcement campaigns to fight against all the distracted drivers out there. Texting, talking on the phone, eating, putting on makeup, fighting with your kids or your spouse, drinking coffee, listening to the radio—so many distractions. The NMA believes that distracted driving in all […]
Civil Asset Forfeiture—Why should we care?
• April 6, 2018 • 0 Comments • CAF, Civil Asset Forfeiture, Civil Forfeiture, DUE PROCESS, Fifth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, FOURTH AMENDMENT, NMA, PRIVACY
Originally created to break drug lords, civil asset forfeiture or CAF has now morphed into an anything-goes situation when it comes to law enforcement confiscating cash and property. Make no mistake, CAF is a constitutional rights issue. The Fourth Amendment protects not only a person’s right to privacy but freedom from arbitrary governmental intrusions. The […]
Car Black Box—Did you know you had one?
• March 30, 2018 • 0 Comments • Auto Industry, Black Boxes, Driver's License, EVENT DATA RECORDER, Insurance Companies, LICENSE PLATE, NHTSA, NMA, PRIVACY, SAFETY, Traffic Tickets, VMT
A vehicle’s event data recorder (sometimes called EDRs) or a black box (similar to what planes have) generally capture rudimentary information just prior to an accident. The inflation of the airbag initiates the retention of up to 15 different pieces of information such as vehicle speed, seat belt use and brake application. Currently, black boxes […]
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