“Allowing the police to wield this power unchecked is anathema to the values enshrined in our Fourth Amendment,” wrote Fourth Circuit US Court of Appeals Chief Judge Roger Gregory in late June. The case, Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle v. Baltimore Police Department, involved the use of aerial surveillance that continuously tracked and monitored the […]
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Fourth Amendment Wins in the Baltimore Plane Surveillance Case: NMA E-Newsletter #654
July 26, 2021 • 0 Comments • ACLU, Aerial Surveillance, ALPR, CELL PHONE, DRONES, Facial Recognition, First Amendment, FOURTH AMENDMENT, ILLEGAL SEARCH, PRIVACY, Search Warrant, Technology
Jane Jacobs and the Mid-Rise Mania Part 1: NMA E-Newsletter #651
by Randal O’Toole, from The Antiplanner blog Editor’s Note: The following content, reprinted in three parts over this and the following two NMA e-newsletters, is presented with permission from Randal O’Toole’s The Antiplanner, a blog whose tagline describes its point of view: “Dedicated to the sunset of government planning.” O’Toole is a senior fellow with the Cato […]
License Plate Readers are Ticketing Cars for Polluting the Air
From Joe Cadilllic, co-writer of the NMA Street Surveillance Watch and editor of the Mass Prviatel Blog Forget all the exaggerated claims public officials told us about CCTV cameras and public safety. Move over Vision Zero proponents because there is a new player in town. License plate readers that can ID and fine vehicles for polluting the […]
A License Plate to Remember
• June 4, 2021 • 0 Comments • ALPR, DMV, E-ZPass, Insurance Companies, LICENSE PLATE, PRIVACY, Tips, TOLL
Editor’s Note: This originally was posted in June 2018 as NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #490. The information presented is still pertinent in 2021. If you would like to receive the NMA weekly one-topic newsletter every Sunday in your inbox, subscribe today! A requirement of owning a vehicle, the lowly license plate has its place among the […]
Will DUI Laws Change With Self-Driving Vehicles?
• May 17, 2021 • 0 Comments • Auto Industry, Autonomous Vehicles, BAC, BREATHALYZER, DISTRACTED DRIVING, DRIVERLESS CARS, DUI/DWI, IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE, LEGISLATION, PRIVACY, Technology
Self-driving cars have seen rapid advancement and adoption in the US over the past several years. Many new vehicles already include features like automatic brakes and parking. It comes as no surprise, then, that General Motors, Ford and other automakers are investing in fully autonomous vehicles, following Tesla’s lead.” Of course, these new developments within […]
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