By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director This post originally appeared as NMA E-Newsletter #709 from August 2022. If you would like to subscribe to the newsletter, a weekly one-topic look at a motorist issue, click here. Automakers and safety advocates have pushed for more Advanced Driver Assist Systems (ADAS) on new vehicles for years. But is […]
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ADAS Accidents—A Perfect Storm Towards the Car of the Future?
November 25, 2022 • 0 Comments • ADAS, Auto Industry, Automated Vehicle, DRIVER EDUCATION, NHTSA, SAFETY, Technology, traffic safety
The Signs Are There
By Gary Biller, NMA President Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared in June 2022 as E-Newsletter #700. If you would like to subscribe to the NMA’s weekly one-topic newsletter, click here. How ironic is it that, for all the special-interest handwringing about speed being the primary cause of traffic fatalities, distractions on the road draw […]
Speed Limiters Coming to a Highway Near You!: NMA E-Newsletter #718
October 17, 2022 • 0 Comments • FMCSA, GPS, ISA, Lane Courtesy, NTSB, OOIDA, SAFETY, Speed Limiters, Speed Limits, Technology, Traffic Congestion
During driver’s ed class, many of us drove lesson cars with speed governors. Newbies needed them so they wouldn’t endanger themselves or their trainer by accidentally hitting the gas instead of the brakes. But no one ever imagined speed governors (now called limiters) would become standard equipment on a car, especially when driving requires situational […]
Driving Safely They Aren’t
• October 11, 2022 • 0 Comments • DMV, Driver Courtesy, Eric Peters, Insurance Companies, SAFETY, SPEED LIMIT, SPEEDING, Tailgating
Are you a ‘passive passer?’ Some motorists seem to have been conditioned to regard a safely executed fast pass as “unsafe” and for that reason, most don’t even try to pass. Instead, they meekly follow. Their pace is determined by the pace of the car ahead of them, whose driver refuses to drive even the speed limit. […]
If “Safety” Really Mattered: NMA E-Newsletter #716
By guest writer Eric Peters In several objective ways, new cars are less “safe” than cars built decades ago. A strong statement. One that probably seems ridiculous, too, given all the “safety” features new cars have that old cars did not, and the fact that new vehicles must pass a battery of crash tests before […]
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