By Eric Peters Like almost everyone else – and every cop – I “speed.” That is, I often drive faster than whatever the posted speed limit is. I do so not primarily because I am in a hurry; that is a gas-lighting term used, ironically, by the cops who are often in a hurry to […]
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Why I speed
November 29, 2024 • 0 Comments • REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, Speed, SPEED LIMIT, SPEEDING, Ticket Quotas, TICKET REVENUE, Traffic Tickets
New Technology Will Use AI Speed Cameras That Can ‘Spy Inside’ Your Car
July 21, 2024 • 0 Comments • Automated Traffic Enforcement, CELL PHONE, DISTRACTED DRIVING, PRIVACY, REVENUE GENERATION, road safety, SEAT BELT, Speed Cameras, SPEEDING, Technology, TICKET CAMERA, TICKET REVENUE, Traffic Tickets
By Lauren Fix Technology is great! Except when it’s used to control and monitor everything we do. And now new AI speed cameras are being installed on roads that will be able to spy inside our cars. These new cameras are set to be rolled out across the U.S. to catch motorists using mobile phones […]
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
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 […]
Taking the Politics Out of Speed Limit Setting—a Member Responds: NMA Newsletter #729
January 2, 2023 • 1 Comment • 85TH PERCENTILE, MUTCD, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, SPEED LIMIT, Speed Limits, TICKET REVENUE, Traffic Tickets
By Don Bain, NMA Oregon Member Editor’s Note: Don submitted these comments to the NMA National Office in response to Newsletter #724 Taking the Politics Out of Speed Limit Setting. While sound from an engineering perspective, there’s an inherent challenge with speed surveys and the 85% percentile speed point: establishing and documenting what “free-flowing conditions” are, […]
Red-Light Cameras Turned Off in Greenville, NC—At Least for Now!: NMA E-Newsletter #727
December 19, 2022 • 0 Comments • LEGISLATION, NORTH CAROLINA, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, TICKET FINES, TICKET REVENUE
If there ever was a system that says ‘taxation by citation,’ the North Carolina red-light camera system is it. A little background. In March 2022 the North Carolina State Court of Appeals ruled that Greenville’s red-light camera program was unconstitutional but not because of the cameras themselves. Under the state’s RLC citation scheme, expenses from […]
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