National
Motorists
Association

Florida Cities Exploit Legal Loophole For Financial Gain

More and more cities in Florida are plotting to create local ordinances that skirt the state's ban on red-light ticket cameras. Larry Lebowitz gives a good overview of the situation in the Miami Herald. Armed with a loophole in state ...

It’s Just A Decimal Point: The Dirty Secret Behind Breathalyzers

In 1990, the New Jersey courts declared that the science was settled, the debate was over: breath analysis is a reliable and accurate means by which to determine blood alcohol content (BAC). This proclamation is known as the “Downie ...

City Recommends More Intersection Collisions

A recent audit of the red-light cameras in Stockton, California showed that accidents significantly increased at intersections where the ticket cameras were installed. In contrast, intersection crashes were down overall at intersections without the cameras. With those ...

“Stop Red Light Running” Exposed As Corporate Lobbying Group

The use of red light ticket cameras has spread to almost 300 cities across the United States. The ticket camera promoters publicly proclaim that these cameras improve traffic safety. Privately they tout the cameras' revenue generating potential to state ...

Minneapolis Refuses To Refund Illegal Ticket Money To Citizens

A recent court ruling required the city of Minneapolis to refund money to 167 vehicle owners who challenged their traffic tickets. The tickets were given out by the city's automatic ticketing machine called "PhotoCop". Earlier this year, ...

Traffic Tickets Are Big Business

Traffic tickets are a multi-billion industry. They have virtually nothing to do with highway safety, but they have everything to do with money. When you begin to grasp the full magnitude of the public and private interests that depend on ...

Georgia City Rakes In $1,136 In Traffic Ticket Fines Per Resident

According to the Athens Banner-Herald, the city of Pendergrass, Georgia took in about $558,020 in fines in 2006 - enough to pay the police department's $312,636 budget in 2006 and then some. That's quite a profit for any town, ...