Personal information privacy seems to be a fluid construct these days. We give our information to social media companies like Facebook who sell the information for gain (Cambridge Analytica Scandal). We also give our private information directly to marketers if we enter any online contest, ask for information online about products or fill out an […]
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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 […]
TheNewspaper.com Roundup: March 19, 2018
March 19, 2018 • 0 Comments • Corruption, Gary Biller, ILLEGAL SEARCH, Insurance Companies, NHTSA, NMA, PRIVACY, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, Roadblocks, SAFETY, Speed Cameras, Speed Limits, SPEED TRAP, TheNewspaper, TICKET REVENUE, Traffic Tickets
In this week’s TheNewspaper.com Roundup! –NMA asks Feds to stop funding ticket traps– –Feds try to restore confidence in Drugged Driver Survey– –New Miami, OH cannot survive without ticket revenue– Friday, March 16, 2018 Motoring Group Asks Feds To Stop Funding Ticket Traps Speed trap towns should not get money from Uncle Sam if they […]
No More Toll Roads
• March 16, 2018 • 0 Comments • ALPR, Gas Tax, HIGH OCCUPANCY, NMA, PPP, PRIVACY, Public Private Partnership, Speed Limits, Toll Roads, Traffic Congestion
The National Motorist Association does not support toll roads or user fees intended to limit or ration the use of public roads. Not only are tolls an inefficient and backwards approach to providing funding for transportation, they foster corruption and political patronage. When states rely on tolls to build and maintain one stretch of highway, […]
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