By Eric Peters For NMA Drivers in Virginia will soon be paying more for car insurance – because they no longer have the option to pay the state less, instead. Naturally, that means they’ll be paying more – to the mafia. Or so the mafia intends. But the mafia may have just succeeded in pushing […]
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Shocking Study: Electric Vehicles Cause Double the Road Damage
February 18, 2024 • 0 Comments • Electric Vehicle, Fuel Tax, Infrastructure, IOWA, OREGON, Potholes, UTAH, VIRGINIA, VMT Tax
By Lauren Fix A surprising new study shows that electric vehicles create double the pothole damage to roads and bridges compared to gas powered cars. Before you get upset one way or the other – let’s take a deeper look at this study and what it says. Analysis by The Telegraph in Britain has found […]
ALPRs win the Day in the Virginia Supreme Court
• January 27, 2021 • 0 Comments • ACLU, ALPR, FOIA, LICENSE PLATE, NMA, PRIVACY, PUBLIC RECORDS, VIRGINIA
Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared as NMA Newsletter #623 in December 2020. To receive the NMA weekly E-Newsletter, subscribe HERE today! Automatic License Plate Readers or ALPRs can detail a motorist’s comings and goings without any thought of whether the person driving is suspected of nefarious activity. Some motorists around the country are challenging […]
Watch Out—You Could be Next!: NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #475
February 19, 2018 • 0 Comments • ACLU, CALIFORNIA, Driver's License, INDIANA, NEW JERSEY, OHIO, TRAFFIC STOP, VIRGINIA
Most people’s interaction with a police officer is usually during a traffic stop. The anxiety and fear that most of us feel when stopped by a police officer makes it worse when we believe we have done nothing wrong or thought we were doing the right thing. Placed in jeopardy of receiving a ticket or […]
Congestion Pricing Cannot be the Future of Transportation Funding, Part 1: NMA E-Newsletter #468
January 1, 2018 • 0 Comments • Gas Tax, MINNESOTA, OREGON, REVENUE GENERATION, TOLL, TOLL ROAD, TOLLING, Traffic Congestion, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON
Single-occupant Northern Virginia commuters had a rude awakening in early December when they used Interstate 66 express lanes and found new tolls spiking as high as $44 for commuting the 10-mile stretch between the Capital Beltway and the District of Columbia. While the Virginia DOT showed that the average round-trip toll during the first week […]
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