Cities tow cars for many reasons. They are often towed when doubled parked or left in front of a fire hydrant. If there are too many parking tickets, cities will often boot first, and if the driver does not pay the tickets in a certain amount of time, the boot comes off, and the vehicle […]
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Predatory Towing Not Just an Inconvenience: NMA E-Newsletter #539
May 13, 2019 • 0 Comments • Civil Asset Forfeiture, Driver's License, DUI/DWI, LEGISLATION, NMA, Predatory Towing, PUBLIC RECORDS, REVENUE GENERATION, TICKET FINES, TOWING, Traffic Tickets
Officer Frank: NMA E-Newsletter #538
May 6, 2019 • 0 Comments • Corruption, NMA, REVENUE GENERATION, SEAT BELT, TICKET QUOTA, TICKET REVENUE, TRAFFIC STOP, Traffic Tickets
Editor’s Note: Over the years, the NMA has received occasional contact from law enforcement officers who have complained about department policies, sometimes crafted to avoid direct violation of state anti-ticket-quota laws, which force officers to write a predetermined number of citations during each work shift. The following commentary recently submitted to us by “Officer Frank” […]
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 […]
The IIHS: When a New Study is Not New and Not a Study—NMA E-Newsletter #535
April 15, 2019 • 0 Comments • FARS, IIHS, INSURANCE, Insurance Companies, NHTSA, NMSL, Speed Limits, Traffic Tickets
By Gary Biller, NMA President Every two or three years, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) splashes the media with a recycled report of how many deaths have occurred due to raised speed limits. And reporters dutifully echo it as gospel because sensational headlines like, “Speed limit increases are tied to 37,000 deaths over […]
NMA Principle Number 5: Full Due Process for Motorists
• March 15, 2019 • 0 Comments • Automated Traffic Enforcement, CIVIL, DISCOVERY, DUE PROCESS, James Baxter, NMA, Sixth Amendment, TICKET CAMERA, TICKET FIGHTING, TRAFFIC CAMERA, Traffic Tickets
The Driving in America Blog was started a year ago to bring more information to those who are beginning their journey as motorists’ rights advocates. Over the next several months, I will be working with each of the seven NMA principles to give readers of this weekly blog some idea of what we all are working towards […]
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