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April 9, 2012

NMA Massachusetts Alert: Peabody Main Street Hearing Tonight

If you drive through downtown Peabody to reach the Northshore Mall and Route 128:
 
The City of Peabody will be presenting TONIGHT Monday 4/9/12 a proposal to redesign the downtown area. The plans will use $1.5 million of our tax money to "realign" Main Street, including the reduction of number of travel lanes from four to two. This will result in an increase of traffic, noise and pollution, frustration, and travel time for everybody.
 
The meeting will be at the Torigian Life Center, 79 Central St, Peabody, MA 01960 at 6:30 pm.
 
For more information, contact the Director of Office of Community Development Karen Sawyer at 978-538-5770.

Posted by National Motorists Association 
March 19, 2012

NMA Massachusetts Alert: Watch Out for Stepped-Up Speed Enforcement

Perhaps you have observed (and hopefully not experienced) a recent increase in the level of speed-limit enforcement by the State Police on our roads.

Is this in response to some spike in number of accidents on the highways? Or is it some kind of a new safety campaign perhaps called “You are speedy - we are greedy?”

The answer is none of the above. According to John Carr, our State Chapter Activist, his reason is much more pragmatic: “There are 208 new state troopers who have to spend three years doing traffic duty before they can move on to real work.”

So please be on the lookout for them – at least until the new recruits start to get bored and things return to normal. And spread the word.

Posted by National Motorists Association 
November 3, 2011

NMA Massachusetts Alert: Numerous Bills Require Action

There are a number of pending state legislative bills that I'd like to tell you about.
 
The Joint Committee on Transportation heard testimony on Bills H.918 and H.1799, both authorizing red-light cameras in the state. 
 
The NMA opposes these automated traffic enforcement systems for many reasons, and you should let the committee and your Senators and Representatives know why. (By the way, did you know that after raking in tens of millions of dollars annually from red-light cameras over the past several years, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has recently decided to milk that cash cow more by promoting a bill with the state legislature that would allow the city to use the existing cameras to troll for alleged speeders? The same thing can happen in Massachusetts.) 
 
While you're at it, also support Bill H.905 (also in front of the committee) which would allow vehicles to display one rear license plate and save the state millions of dollars a year.
 
Sen. Thomas McGee and Rep. William Straus are co-chairs of the Joint Transportation Committee.
 
I would also like to draw your attention to Bill H.2058, which would make an expired inspection sticker NOT a surchargeable incident. Most people who get ticketed for this simply do not get their cars inspected in time, and they should not be surcharged by the insurance companies for the next five years.
 
This bill is in the Joint Committee on Finance Services, and Sen. Anthony Petruccelli and Rep. Michael Costello are the co-chairs.
 
I encourage you to contact your Senator and Representative to let them know your views on these important issues.
Posted by National Motorists Association 


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