Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the NMA’s Driving Freedoms Magazine in the Fall of 2020. If you would like to receive the NMA’s quarterly magazine, join the NMA today! First of all, what is the difference between a roadblock and a checkpoint? A roadblock is a barricade set up by law enforcement to […]
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Have Checkpoints Gone Too Far?
• March 5, 2021 • 0 Comments • ACLU, CHECKPOINT, DUI/DWI, LICENSE PLATE, PRIVACY, ROADBLOCK, SAFETY, TRAFFIC STOP, Vehicle Search
If You Bought It, Do You Own It—Right to Repair
• February 26, 2021 • 0 Comments • Auto Industry, Car Care, LEGISLATION, OBD, PRIVACY, Right to Repair, SAFETY
Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the NMA magazine Driving Freedoms Winter 2021 edition. If you would like to receive the NMA quarterly magazine, join the NMA today! Massachusetts’ voters, by nearly 75 percent, demanded their right-to-repair on November 3, 2020. Voters were under the impression that casting their ballots for Question 1, would […]
Big Brother now turns CCTV Cams into One Giant Network
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director and Joe Cadillic, MassPrivetal Blog Joe recently wrote a blog on India’s vast CCTV network called Anveshak (Hindi word for investigator). He says that researchers at the Indian Institute of Science have figured out how to use this vast big brother net to target a specific vehicle or person. […]
Interstate Driver License Compact Update
• February 8, 2021 • 1 Comment • Automated Traffic Enforcement, Corruption, Driver's License, DUI/DWI, Interstate Driver License Compact, LEGISLATION, NEW JERSEY, PRIVACY, Red-Light Cameras, Speed Cameras, Traffic Tickets
Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the Fall 2020 Edition of the National Motorists Association’s Quarterly Magazine Driving Freedoms. If you would like to support the NMA, become a member today! Tennessee joined 46 other states and the District of Columbia this summer in the Interstate Driver License Compact. States use the Compact to […]
ALPRs win the Day in the Virginia Supreme Court
• January 27, 2021 • 0 Comments • ACLU, ALPR, FOIA, LICENSE PLATE, NMA, PRIVACY, PUBLIC RECORDS, VIRGINIA
Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared as NMA Newsletter #623 in December 2020. To receive the NMA weekly E-Newsletter, subscribe HERE today! Automatic License Plate Readers or ALPRs can detail a motorist’s comings and goings without any thought of whether the person driving is suspected of nefarious activity. Some motorists around the country are challenging […]
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