By Jay Beeber, Director of Policy & Research, National Motorists Association If there was any doubt before, now we have a clear indication that the WAR ON CARS is real –and it’s being waged at the highest levels of society by authoritarian culture warriors. These tyrannical elitists seek to eliminate our freedom to travel where […]
32 Blog Posts From the Road Diets Tag
NMA E-Newsletter #736: Your Freedom to Travel is Under Attack
April 3, 2023 • 0 Comments • Automated Camera Tickets, Automated Traffic Enforcement, Bicycle, Bicyclist, Complete Streets, FHWA, ITE, Mass Transit, NMA, NTSB, Parking, PEDESTRIAN, racial profiling, RIGHT-TURN-ON-RED, Road Diets, SPEED LIMIT, Speed Limits, TICKET CAMERA, TICKET FINES, USDOT, War on Cars
Not so Fast and very Furious–More Government Controls on your Vehicle
October 23, 2022 • 0 Comments • Breathalyzers, DISTRACTED DRIVING, DRIVER EDUCATION, GPS, Infrastructure, NTSB, Road Diets, SPEED LIMIT, Speed Limiters, Technology
By Lauren Fix, The Car Coach You may not be aware of this, but the infrastructure bill that passed in 2021 includes speed regulations on all vehicles. Yes, that bill that no one reads! We did talk about breathalyzers and how those are being installed by 2026. That will change the way you drive your […]
Calm Before the Storm: NMA E-Newsletter #689
March 28, 2022 • 0 Comments • Bicyclist, Parking, PEDESTRIAN, Road Diets, ROUNDABOUT, Speed Humps, Speed Limits, Traffic Calming, Traffic Congestion, VISION ZERO
The city of Sarasota is located on the Gulf Coast of Florida, just south of Tampa. Its population has declined in recent years to about 55,000, according to the 2020 U.S. census, within 24 square miles of territory. During the winter months, the number of residents swells somewhat with the snowbird migration from the north. […]
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 […]
Presenting the Next Automated Traffic Enforcement Device—the Noise Camera: NMA E-Newsletter #656
August 9, 2021 • 0 Comments • Automated Traffic Enforcement, LEGISLATION, NEW YORK, Road Diets, SPEEDING, Traffic Tickets, VISION ZERO
Let’s face it—most of us dislike loud motorcycles or vehicles revving up next to us at an intersection, blowing by us on an interstate, or disrupting the solitude of our neighborhoods. But to use automated devices to catch people who are exceedingly noisy seems to push us deeper into the world of Big Brother than […]
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