By Jim Baxter, NMA President In what has to be history’s longest political campaign, I have yet to hear anything meaningful about public policies that directly affect motorists. Sure, there have been inane and uneducated comments stimulated by major events, like the collapse of the bridge in Minnesota. But there has been nothing of substance […]
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Why Don’t Politicians Care About Transportation Issues?
April 18, 2008 • 0 Comments • Fuel, James Baxter, Mass Transit, Red-Light Cameras, Speed Limits, Speed Traps, Traffic Congestion, Traffic Tickets
How Should Speed Limits Be Set?
By Bonnie Sesolak, NMA Development Director “Realistic” speed limits should invite public compliance by conforming to the behavior of normal responsible drivers. This results in the safest and most efficient use of streets, roads, and highways. Traffic engineering research has determined that speed limits should be established according to the 85th percentile of free flowing […]
Do Speeding Tickets Deter Drivers From Speeding?
The NMA has long held that drivers will travel at a speed that is reasonable to them regardless of the speed limit. With arbitrarily low speed limits in place across much of the country, it’s no surprise that the majority of drivers choose to travel above the speed limit. The response of government has always […]
Legislator Legislates A Faster Ride Home
Just in case you were living under the illusion that traffic laws are set by trained professionals (traffic engineers) and not politicians, here comes a story from TheNewspaper.com that is sure to change your mind: Just one day after Kentucky’s new Secretary of Transportation, Joe Prather, assumed control of traffic issues in the state, the […]
Virginia’s “Abuser Fees” Get Dumped… For The Moment
By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Sometimes, the frog leaps before he’s cooked. Remember the story about the frog and the pot of boiling water? So long as you raise the water temperature gradually, Mr. Frog doesn’t notice the increasing temperature until it’s too late too get away. The analogy is used to convey, in easy […]
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