By Martin Banks Semi-trucks and passenger cars are two major ways to get from point A to point B. Your typical sedan requires only a standard driver’s license, whereas driving an 18-wheeler mandates a commercial driver’s license because they’re more complicated. What makes these automobiles distinct and how are they similar? While size is the […]
10 Blog Posts From the Speed Tag
Driving a Semi-Truck vs. Driving a Car: What Are the Main Differences?
March 14, 2024 • 1 Comment • Driver's License, Electric Vehicle, Fuel, Insurance Companies, SAFETY, Speed, Speed Limiters, Technology
A Casualty of Revenue Collection
By Eric Peters, NMA Member and Syndicated Columnist They say “speed kills.” Here is a case-in-point. A cop driving at very high speed struck and killed a motorcycle rider who had the bad luck to be in the wrong place at the wrong time — that place and time being in the path of the […]
Speeding in the Rearview
By Eric Peters, NMA Member and Syndicated Columnist The country saying goes, Let’s you and him fight. The government deploys a variation of the logic underlying this saying when someone else does something stupid or criminal to impose restrictions and punishments . . . on you and me. Who didn’t do it. A drug-addled maniac […]
National Transportation Safety Board Calls For Speed-Limiting in Cars
November 26, 2023 • 0 Comments • Auto Industry, DRIVER EDUCATION, Driver's License, GPS, IIHS, Intelligent Speed Assistance, NHTSA, NTSB, Speed, SPEED LIMIT, Speed Limiters, SPEEDING, Technology
By Lauren Fix We have played this game before. And we have won. Now it’s time to play it once more and we need your support! The NTSB urged 17 automakers to install intelligent speed-assistance technology in all new vehicles that, at a minimum, warns a driver when the vehicle is speeding. The National Transportation […]
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 […]
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