By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director This post originally appeared as NMA E-Newsletter #708 from August 2022. If you would like to subscribe to the newsletter, a weekly one-topic look at a motorist issue, click here. As of 2022, 61 years are left on the 75-year parking meter lease now held by the Chicago Parking Meters […]
55 Blog Posts From the SPEED LIMIT Tag
Recent Chicago Parking Audit Spells Bad News for Motorists (and Every Other Resident)
November 18, 2022 • 0 Comments • Automated Traffic Enforcement, Parking, Parking Meters, PPP, Public Private Partnership, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, Speed Cameras, SPEED LIMIT, Technology, TICKET REVENUE, TOLL ROAD, Traffic Tickets, VISION ZERO
The Yoke’s On You: Drive-by-Wire Steering
• November 15, 2022 • 0 Comments • connected cars, Electric Vehicle, Eric Peters, SPEED LIMIT, Technology
Do you like the idea of there being no physical connection between your steering wheel and the driving wheels? There’s already no physical connection between the gas pedal and throttle in most new cars. When you depress the gas pedal, the degree of depression is registered by sensors, which send data to the computer that controls […]
Is it Time to “Sound Off” about the Use of Lights and Sirens?
By Stewart Price, NMA Program Officer This post originally appeared as NMA E-Newsletter #707 from July 2022. If you would like to subscribe to the newsletter, a weekly one-topic look at a motorist issue, click here. All of us are gradually going deaf. The world is getting louder save for the isolationists that have gone off […]
Not so Fast and very Furious–More Government Controls on your Vehicle
October 23, 2022 • 0 Comments • Breathalyzers, DISTRACTED DRIVING, DRIVER EDUCATION, GPS, Infrastructure, NTSB, Road Diets, SPEED LIMIT, Speed Limiters, Technology
By Lauren Fix, The Car Coach You may not be aware of this, but the infrastructure bill that passed in 2021 includes speed regulations on all vehicles. Yes, that bill that no one reads! We did talk about breathalyzers and how those are being installed by 2026. That will change the way you drive your […]
Driving Safely They Aren’t
• October 11, 2022 • 0 Comments • DMV, Driver Courtesy, Eric Peters, Insurance Companies, SAFETY, SPEED LIMIT, SPEEDING, Tailgating
Are you a ‘passive passer?’ Some motorists seem to have been conditioned to regard a safely executed fast pass as “unsafe” and for that reason, most don’t even try to pass. Instead, they meekly follow. Their pace is determined by the pace of the car ahead of them, whose driver refuses to drive even the speed limit. […]
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