When in Doubt, Ban It

By Gary Biller, NMA President He sounds like a man with a strong urge to leave a lasting legacy on his way out of the door. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, who is planning to step down from that post at the end of ...

Motorists vs. Cameras: Four Winning Defenses

By Gary Biller, President, National Motorists Association This article originally appeared in the July/August 2010 issue of the NMA’s Driving Freedoms magazine. The odds in traffic courts are already stacked against defendants. But when there is only an inanimate “witness” to the ...

The People Prevail in Los Angeles

By Gary Biller, NMA Executive Director For years, Los Angeles commuters have been hit with red-light camera tickets costing almost $500. Close to 80 percent of those tickets were issued for simple rolling right turns that motorists execute millions of times ...

Guilty in Ohio: Speeding Convictions by the Art of Observation

By Gary Biller, NMA Executive Director As outlined in an NMA email alert sent to Association members nationwide in early June, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that a driver can be convicted of speeding based on a police officer’s observation of ...

Florida Governor Crist, Are You Paying Attention?

By Gary Biller, NMA Executive Director Former Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist ruled that using red-light ticket cameras on state roads was illegal. Current Governor Crist just signed a bill into law reversing his prior position. It is too ...

Essential Material For Ticket Camera Activists

By Gary Biller, NMA Executive Director The effective way to defeat red-light and speed camera initiatives in your community, or to mount effective opposition to existing installations, is to ratchet up the pressure on local politicians.  It takes a strong grassroots ...

Grassroots Effort Needed to Stop PASS Act

By Gary Biller, NMA Executive Director The failed Real ID Act of 2005 would have instituted a national ID system. The U.S. Senate is currently taking up a review of the PASS Act, S. 1261, which is a national ID system. ...