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 […]
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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
Big Bike and Common Sense
March 20, 2020 • 0 Comments • Bicycle, PEDESTRIAN, Red-Light Cameras, Road Diets, road safety, Speed Cameras, Speed Limits, Traffic Calming, Traffic Congestion, traffic safety, VISION ZERO
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director Editor’s Note: This piece first appeared as NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #578, which was emailed to NMA members on February 9, 2020. If you would like to receive the weekly E-Newsletter, a one-topic dive into an important aspect of motorists’ rights, become an NMA member today! When did traffic safety become […]
The lens of Damocles
The Massachusetts Senate is close to approving a bill allowing widespread use of ticket cameras. There were some preliminary votes a couple weeks ago. A slim majority seemed to support it, but perhaps in response to public comments a final vote was put off. Politicians hate it when voters find out what they’re up to. […]
Driving in America: An Out-of-State Speeding Ticket –Has this Happened to You?
• February 14, 2020 • 0 Comments • ACLU, Civil Asset Forfeiture, Congestion Pricing, Driver's License, INSURANCE, LEGISLATION, LICENSE PLATES, NMA, Parking, PRIVACY, Real ID, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, Speed Cameras, Speed Limits, Speed Traps, TICKET FIGHTING, TICKET FINES, Ticket Quotas, TICKET REVENUE, Toll Roads, TRAFFIC STOP, Traffic Tickets
The NMA Office receives numerous calls throughout the year from members asking how to defeat a speeding ticket they happened to receive driving in another state. Unfortunately, these are rather difficult to fight because many small towns and counties target out-of-state drivers. After all, authorities know they won’t come back to fight the ticket. Ticketing […]
The Panopticon Expands: Distracted Driving Cams+
• January 21, 2020 • 0 Comments • ALPR, CELL PHONE, CIVIL, DISTRACTED DRIVING, DUE PROCESS, Eric Peters, Parking, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, Speed Cameras, TICKET CAMERA, TICKET FINES, TICKET REVENUE, Traffic Tickets
Precedent always becomes practice. Having established as legitimate the use of cameras to robotically ticket people for “speeding” and “running” red lights — timed to go red quickly, to ensnare as many drivers as possible — it was only a matter of time before the principle to include automatically ticketing people for using their cell […]
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