By Eric Peters for NMA Mike Valentine – whose name is synonymous with what are arguably the best radar detectors available and who designed the first truly effective one that others then copied – has passed at the much-too-young age of 74. I’ve known Mike since the ’90s, when I interviewed him for The Washington […]
10 Blog Posts From the NMSL Tag
Speed Limiters Will Kill Driving
July 30, 2024 • 0 Comments • Eric Peters, NMSL, Speed, SPEED LIMIT, Speed Limiters, SPEEDING, Technology
By Eric Peters For NMA You’ve probably heard about what is being marketed as “speed limit assistance technology.” The italics to make a point of the fact about what is – as opposed to what they’re trying to get you to believe it is. It is not about “assisting” you – just as you are […]
The Changing Landscape of Speed Limits
March 18, 2022 • 1 Comment • 85TH PERCENTILE, Bicycle, Complete Streets, Driver's License, FHWA, Infrastructure, ITE, LEGISLATION, Mass Transit, MUTCD, NMA, NMSL, PEDESTRIAN, Road Diets, road safety, SAFETY, Speed Limits, Speed Traps, Traffic Calming, Traffic Congestion, VISION ZERO
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared as the cover story in the Winter 2022 Edition of the National Motorists Association’s quarterly magazine Driving Freedoms. If you would like to receive our magazine, please become a member of the NMA today! Advocating for speed limits based on sound traffic-engineering […]
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 […]
The Push to Curtail Driving
May 7, 2021 • 0 Comments • 85TH PERCENTILE, Bicycle, Bicyclist, FHWA, Fuel, MUTCD, NMSL, PEDESTRIAN, SAFETY, Speed Limits, stop signs, Traffic Signals, Traffic Tickets, VISION ZERO
The Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) is the government’s massive document that controls the application of regulatory devices like stop signs, crosswalk markings, and traffic lights. The MUTCD, last updated in 2009, is the current subject of a proposed federal rule by the FHWA. The sweeping revisions suggested by […]
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