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Due Process Is A Right, Right?

By James Baxter, NMA President Fighting a traffic ticket isn't fun, at least for most people. You're playing in an arena where the other side has the home field advantage, makes all the rules, owns the referees, and virtually operates without ...

Taser Nation

By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Sam Francis -- a brilliant political writer -- once wrote about something he called "anarcho-tyranny." Simply put, it's the growing tendency of the government to harshly treat ordinary citizens over even the most minor infractions while ...

The Privileged Many: "Professional Courtesy" Exposed

By Jim Baxter, NMA President Jennifer Muir of the Orange County Register did a little digging at the California DMV and found that thousands of state employees have special license plates that are not traceable for enforcement purposes. The recipients are ...

More Silly Numbers From AAA

By James Baxter, NMA President A little background: The AAA was once known as the American Automobile Association. In the first half of the 20th century it was the pre-eminent spokesman and advocate of American motorists. The American Automobile Association championed ...

Legislator Legislates A Faster Ride Home

Just in case you were living under the illusion that traffic laws are set by trained professionals (traffic engineers) and not politicians, here comes a story from TheNewspaper.com that is sure to change your mind: Just one day ...

Virginia’s "Abuser Fees" Get Dumped… For The Moment

By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Sometimes, the frog leaps before he's cooked. Remember the story about the frog and the pot of boiling water? So long as you raise the water temperature gradually, Mr. Frog doesn't ...

Scales Of Injustice: The Radargate Corruption Scandal

This is a guest post by Benjamen Ober, a student at Duke University in the Terry Sanford Institute for Public Policy. Tim Shingara does not look like a man you would expect to be working for the Pennsylvania ...

If You Didn’t Believe Ticket Quotas Existed Before, You Will Now

A ticket quota is a policy that encourages or requires officers to give out a certain number of traffic tickets regardless of how many people are actually violating the law. Here's a quick roundup of stories from this year where ticket ...

No More Fines: A Traffic Safety Revolution

By NMA President, James Baxter For over thirty years I have heard every excuse and permutation conceivable to justify more and larger fines for traffic law violations. The one thing they all have in common is that there is no evidence ...

The 10 Biggest Injustices Against Motorists In October

It has been a rough month for drivers across the country. Abuses of power continue to run rampant while the public remains surprisingly apathetic. We've put together a list of the ten biggest injustices against motorists this month in ...