We wanted to do something special for Issue #520 because it marks ten years of uninterrupted weekly NMA e-newsletters that, we hope, have provided entertaining (if not thought-provoking) perspectives. To carry on that tradition, NMA and NMA Foundation directors were asked to provide mini essays for the occasion. No one likes homework but they tackled […]
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The Next Ten Years: NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #520
December 31, 2018 • 0 Comments • 85TH PERCENTILE, Auto Industry, Automated Traffic Enforcement, Congestion Pricing, DRIVERLESS CARS, FHWA, Insurance Companies, ITE, LEGISLATION, NHTSA, NMA, NMA Foundation, NSC, NTSB, Policing for Profit, PRIVACY, REVENUE GENERATION, Ridesharing, ROAD-USER FEES, SAFETY, Speed Limits, Technology, TICKET FINES, TICKET REVENUE, TRAFFIC CAMERA, traffic safety, Traffic Tickets
What Was Car Safety Like in the 20th Century?
• December 19, 2018 • 0 Comments • Auto Industry, CELL PHONE, DISTRACTED DRIVING, DRIVERLESS CARS, DUI/DWI, INSURANCE, SAFETY, SEAT BELT, Technology
Similar to air travel, many believe the “Golden Age” of automobiles passed by us. It’s simply a lazy take to reminisce about cars built decades ago and say everything was built better back then based on nostalgia. It’s natural to let out some ooh’s and ahh’s when we see classic cars speed past us on […]
FAA’s “Integration Pilot UAS Program” is really a national police surveillance drone program
From guest writer Joe Cadillic of the MassPrivatel.com Blog This year was full of many disturbing stories, like the one about Bloomberg’s role-playing workshops being used to convince the public to accept police drones equipped with microphones. And another about politicians claiming police drones will help revitalize a downtown and create community connections. None of that could […]
How to Choose Between a Gas, Hybrid or All-Electric Car to Buy?
Drivers who want to make a smaller environmental impact are beginning to realize that driving a fuel-efficient car is also a financially-savvy move. And while some European cities are beginning to ban old gas and diesel cars from the inner circles, it seems that manufacturers and consumers are not yet ready to give up on […]
The 85th Call to Action (Time Sensitive): NMA E-Newsletter #517
December 10, 2018 • 0 Comments • 85TH PERCENTILE, FHWA, ITE, LETTER WRITING, NCUTCD, NMSL, SAFETY, SPEED LIMIT, Technology, VISION ZERO, VMT
The Fall 2018 issue of the NMA member magazine Driving Freedoms (“The Big Lie”) sounded a clarion call against the dismantling of established traffic engineering standards by the very agencies tasked with upholding those standards and protecting the public. Swept up in the Vision Zero dream of achieving zero road fatalities, the Federal Highway Administration […]
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