By Jay Beeber, Director of Policy & Research For the past few years, we’ve been monitoring a concerning trend in traffic enforcement: a steady shift towards more and more automated ticketing. Unfortunately, this trend appears to be gaining momentum. In California, we’ve witnessed a surge of bills introduced that attempt to authorize various forms of […]
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NMA E-Newsletter #738: The Revenue-Hungry Rise of Automated Ticketing
May 1, 2023 • 0 Comments • Automated Camera Tickets, Automated Ticket Enforcement, Bus Lane Cameras, CIVIL, DUE PROCESS, Photo Enforcement, RED LIGHT CAMERA, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, SCHOOL BUS CAMERA, SPEED CAMERA, TICKET CAMERA, TICKET REVENUE
NMA Legislative Roundup – January-June, 2022: NMA E-Newsletter #705
July 18, 2022 • 0 Comments • Automated Traffic Enforcement, CELL PHONE, DRONES, Facial Recognition, Fuel Tax, Gas Tax, Lane Courtesy, LEGISLATION, Red-Light Cameras, SCHOOL BUS CAMERA, SPEED CAMERA, SPEED LIMIT, TICKET QUOTA, TICKET REVENUE, Traffic Tickets
The January through June legislative activity at the state and national levels is complete. It is worth reviewing a report card of bills resolved during the period, motorist-related legislation that we followed. Overall, 38 bills that the NMA supported or opposed met the fate we desired as opposed to 21 that went against our wishes. […]
NMA Wrap Up of Legislative Activity, 3rd Quarter 2019: NMA E-Newsletter #562
October 21, 2019 • 0 Comments • 85TH PERCENTILE, BAC, Bicycle, Complete Streets, Congestion Pricing, ITE, LEGISLATION, MOVE OVER LAW, NMA, NMA Foundation, PEDESTRIAN, RADAR, Road Diets, SAFETY, Scooters, SPEED CAMERA, SPEED LIMIT, SPEED TRAP, TICKET CAMERA, Traffic Calming, Traffic Congestion, VISION ZERO, YELLOW LIGHT, YELLOW LIGHT TIMING
July, August, and September were not nearly as active in resolving NMA-tracked legislation as in the second quarter, but October began with some very important events that will have positive ramifications for motorists well into the future. Let’s start with the final disposition of bills in the third quarter: Bills Opposed by the NMA […]
War on Cars at a Fever Pitch in NYC: NMA E-Newsletter #557
September 16, 2019 • 0 Comments • Bicycle, Bicyclist, Congestion Pricing, E-bikes, E-Scooters, New York City, PEDESTRIAN, Ridesharing, Road Diets, SAFETY, SPEED CAMERA, SPEED TRAP, Traffic Congestion, VISION ZERO
In our experience, we have never seen the likes of what is going on in New York City with the war on cars. Not only has the city become one giant speed trap with over 2000 “school zone” speed cameras, soon the city/state plans to implement congestion pricing below 60th street. The government expects motorists […]
A Forum About Modifying Speed Limits and Driver Behavior: NMA E-Newsletter #537
April 29, 2019 • 0 Comments • 85TH PERCENTILE, Automated Traffic Enforcement, FHWA, GHSA, IIHS, NMA, SPEED CAMERA, SPEED LIMIT, TICKET QUOTA, Traffic Tickets
The April 15-16, 2019 conference in Ruckersville, Virginia was billed as a “national forum [seeking] to address the neglected problem of speeding.” The sponsoring organizations, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), are leading proponents of lowering speed limits with the goal of reducing highway fatalities to near […]
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