Omeleto released a video in March 2021 that describes a utopian society where citizens are programmed to spy on each other. It is brilliant and disturbing. One vignette depicts a man blowing desperately into a breathalyzer device telescoping from the steering wheel of his vehicle to start it. The developers were prescient. Later that same […]
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Civil Asset Forfeiture—Still as Heinous as Ever
January 21, 2022 • 0 Comments • CAF, Civil Asset Forfeiture, Civil Forfeiture, Eighth Amendment, NMA, Policing for Profit
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the Fall 2021 edition of NMA’s Driving Freedoms magazine. If you would like to receive this quarterly publication, become a member of the National Motorists Association today! Maine has now joined an illustrious club of states that have abolished civil asset forfeiture […]
How to Fight Speed Bumps, Humps and Cushions Part 1
December 10, 2021 • 6 Comment • NMA, SAFETY, Speed Bumps, Speed Cushions, Speed Humps, SPEED LIMIT, Traffic Calming
By California NMA Member Stacey Charlton Speed bumps, humps, and cushions are the common names for traffic calming/control devices that lie in the street in both a vertical and horizontal plane to make drivers slow down. The many disadvantages to these road hazards are not always clearly disclosed through a city’s public works, traffic engineering, […]
Why Fight a Traffic Ticket?
• November 9, 2021 • 0 Comments • Driver's License, Insurance Companies, NHTSA, NMA, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, TICKET FIGHTING, Ticket Quotas, TICKET REVENUE, TRAFFIC CAMERA, Traffic Tickets
Editor’s Note: This post first appeared on the NMA Blog in March 2018. Did you ever feel that you were already considered guilty when you received a traffic ticket even though, under the US Constitution, you are innocent until proven guilty? This includes any kind of traffic ticket coming from either a law enforcement officer […]
Over Engineering Speed Limits
October 29, 2021 • 3 Comment • 85TH PERCENTILE, Insurance Companies, NMA, NMSL, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, Speed Bumps, Speed Limits, TICKET REVENUE, Traffic Calming, traffic safety, Traffic Tickets
By an Anonymous NMA Member from Arizona The government recently lowered the speed limit on my main street from 45 to 40. I calculated that if I lived to the same age as my mother, the reduced speed limit would cost me five days of productive life. Not enough to worry about, but it’s the […]
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