Editor’s Note: This post first appeared on the NMA Blog in April 2018. We felt it still has resonance today. I admit…I have always named my cars and talked to them too. Not because I am a lonely and sad person but because I want to imbue good feelings in my space—talking to my car […]
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Car with Personality: Are we ready for this?
• July 19, 2020 • 0 Comments • Auto Industry, CELL PHONE, DISTRACTED DRIVING, Fuel, IoT, PRIVACY, REVENUE GENERATION, Technology
The Hidden Danger of Buying a Used Connected Car
Editor’s Note: This post first appeared on the September 2018 NMA Blog. It still has important advice for those interested in purchasing a used connected car. The media has made much ado about remote car hacking and it is a serious concern but there is another concern that could potentially be more devastating for a […]
Has the Aerial Surveillance of America now become a Thing?
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director and Joe Cadillic, MassPrivatel Blog Even before the recent protests against police brutality, local police and other governmental agencies were using airplanes to surveil streets. In the summer of 2016, the city of Baltimore secretly used airplanes to surveil its citizens. Let me restate that, the city actually didn’t […]
We Don’t Need No Street Surveillance
June 15, 2020 • 0 Comments • ACLU, CELL PHONE, Contact Tracing, Driver's License, DRONES, Facial Recognition, license plate readers, PRIVACY, Real ID, Technology, traffic stops
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director and Joe Cadillic, MassPrivatel Blog The Street Surveillance Watch Blog comes to you biweekly on the National Motorists Association Blog. If you have comments or suggestions, write a comment after this blog or contact us at nma@motorists.org. We Don’t Want No Street Surveillance Joe and I have been wrestling […]
The Unintended Consequences of Self-Driving Cars
• June 7, 2020 • 1 Comment • Auto Industry, connected cars, DRIVERLESS CARS, Driverless Trucks, INSURANCE, Insurance Companies, PRIVACY, Ridesharing, SAFETY, Speed Limits, Technology
Driverless cars have not yet attained acceptance all over the world. The big companies like Alphabet’s Waymo are attempting to make driverless cars a reality. With the development of driverless cars, it is clear that driverless or autonomous cars/vehicles (AVs) can be harmful to humans in distinct ways. Not Affordable For All AVs will be […]
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