The War on Cars Watch is a weekly feature of the NMA blog. The War on Cars Watch focuses on road diets, traffic calming and programs such as Vision Zero and Complete Streets as well as studies, court cases, and other news that affect motorists. Special commentary from NMA California Member Michael Jabbra is […]
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War on Cars Watch for November 13, 2019
November 13, 2019 • 0 Comments • Automated Traffic Enforcement, Bicycle, Bicyclist, DISTRACTED DRIVING, DRIVER EDUCATION, Electric Vehicle, Fuel, IIHS, Insurance Companies, Lane Courtesy, NHTSA, NMA, Parking, PEDESTRIAN, Road Diets, SAFETY, Speed Limits, Technology, TICKET QUOTA, Traffic Calming, Traffic Congestion, traffic stops, Traffic Tickets, VISION ZERO
Your Home is Your Castle . . . Until It Isn’t: NMA Newsletter #565
November 11, 2019 • 0 Comments • Car Care, FOURTH AMENDMENT, NMA, PRIVACY, Speed Limits, VISION ZERO
By Gary Biller, NMA President On a recent trip to Sacramento to walk the halls of the state capitol with Jay Beeber and engage legislative staffers on why an arbitrary lowering of speed limits in the name of Vision Zero is a colossally bad idea, I had the opportunity to have a nice dinner with […]
War on Cars Watch for November 6, 2019
• November 6, 2019 • 0 Comments • Bicycle, Breathalyzers, Car Care, Civil Asset Forfeiture, Complete Streets, Congestion Pricing, Driver's License, DUI/DWI, Eighth Amendment, Gas Tax, Parking, PEDESTRIAN, Policing for Profit, PRIVACY, racial profiling, REVENUE GENERATION, Road Diets, SAFETY, Speed Limits, Speed Traps, Technology, Textalyzer, TEXTING, TICKET FINES, Traffic Calming, Traffic Congestion, TRAFFIC STOP, Traffic Tickets, VISION ZERO
The War on Cars Watch is a weekly feature of the NMA blog. The War on Cars Watch focuses on road diets, traffic calming and programs such as Vision Zero and Complete Streets as well as studies, court cases, and other news that affect motorists. Special commentary from NMA California Member Michael Jabbra is […]
The Split-Speed Limit Effect: That “Oh Crap” Look on Drivers’ Faces
November 1, 2019 • 0 Comments • LEGISLATION, NMA, OOIDA, SAFETY, Speed Limiters, Speed Limits, Traffic Congestion
Written by Gary Biller, NMA President This post originally appeared in July 2019 as NMA Weekly Newsletter #548. Split speed limits, where certain commercial vehicles such as large trucks are forced to travel at lower speeds than surrounding traffic, are anathema to truckers and car drivers alike. That is why the NMA and the Owner-Operator […]
Do Vision Zero Programs equal more Traffic Accidents?: NMA E-Newsletter #559
September 30, 2019 • 0 Comments • 85TH PERCENTILE, Bicycle, Bicyclist, Road Diets, SAFETY, Speed Cameras, Speed Limits, Traffic Calming, traffic safety, VISION ZERO
Many cities and states around the country have adopted a Vision Zero program which strives for zero traffic deaths, usually by a specific year. Some of the oldest programs, though, are finding that the ideal of zero traffic deaths is becoming ever more elusive and expensive over time. Instead of decreasing, traffic deaths involving accidents […]
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