NMA E-Newsletter #226: An Excuse for More of the Same

Stakeholders in the traffic safety community, including the NMA, point to the consistent downward trend in highway fatality rates from 1995 through 2011 to bolster their various positions. Since the 1995 repeal of the 55 mph National Maximum Speed Limit, highway ...

NMA E-Newsletter #225: On Speedometers, Faulty Thinking and Shameful Consequences

Car buffs appreciate the subtle visual evolution of automotive features over time—from rooflines, to side view mirrors or taillights, every successive design tweak is studied and critiqued. A great example of this ongoing refinement comes from the humble speedometer. This website ...

NMA E-Newsletter #224: Justified—or Not

Public officials often use traffic engineering reports to justify policies motivated more by political expediency than by concern for public safety. In a recent three-part series for the NMA Blog (linked below), NMA Massachusetts Activist John Carr analyzes how misguided ...

NMA E-Newsletter #222: 2013 First Quarter Legislative Update

The NMA continues to advocate for motorists’ rights at the national, state and local level. Legislatures across the country took up a broad range of motorists’ issues in the first quarter of 2013. Here’s a brief summary of the driving-related ...

NMA North Carolina Alert: Bill Would Increase Maximum Speed Limit to 75 mph

The North Carolina General Assembly is set to take up a bill that would allow the North Carolina Department of Transportation to increase the speed limit on certain Interstate highways to 75 mph.Senate Bill 709 would authorize transportation officials to increase ...

NMA New Hampshire Alert: Speed Limit Bill Passes House

The New Hampshire House has passed a bill to raise the speed limit along a stretch of Interstate 93 to 70 mph.Specifically, House Bill 146 states “the speed limit on the portion of I-93 from mile marker 45 to the ...

NMA E-Newsletter #218: Lane Courtesy Redux

Although all states have various forms of the “keep right unless passing” (aka “lane courtesy”) requirement in their statutes, it is rare to hear about the police actually enforcing the law against a driver who camps out in the left ...

NMA E-Newsletter #217: Red-Light Camera Message Gaining Traction

The NMA staff spends a lot of time responding to media requests. Everyone from local radio reporters to network news correspondents contact us looking for quotes, comments or background information on a variety of driving-related stories. Recently, we’ve seen an ...

Massachusetts 2013 Legislative Update

In January of every odd numbered year politicians file bills for the next two year session. Here are some bills of interest to Massachusetts motorists.NMA urges members to contact their state representatives, especially in support of the 70 mph speed ...

NMA E-Newsletter #214: Prognostications, Shmognostications

Here are a few choice excerpts from an article titled “How Fast is TOO Fast?” that was published in Popular Mechanics. Most of the conclusions were drawn by the Stanford Research Institute, “one of America’s most respected scientific centers” and ...