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9 Things You Need To Know About “Cash For Clunkers”

By Jim Baxter, NMA President A recent public information report on Congress’s “Cash for Clunkers” legislation has been released to spell out the general details.  Keep in mind that this is not set in concrete and the final outcome is not ...

GM Should Not Stand For “Government Motors”

By Jim Baxter, NMA President It’s now becoming common to refer to GM as “Government Motors.” From a realistic perspective, this is an impossibility. If you have ever visited, or worked in, an automobile assembly plant you have to have an appreciation ...

Watch Your Wallet When Driving Through These 10 States

With the first major driving holiday of the summer season approaching, we have analyzed the laws across the country to determine the best and the worst states when it comes to exploiting the motoring public. These state rankings were calculated using ...

Why Haven’t Toll Road Charges Been Reduced?

  By James Baxter, NMA President The proponents of toll roads and the use of variable pricing to mitigate congestion seem to be sending mixed signals. Not very long ago the use of new technology to charge motorists a fee every time they ...

They’re After New Hampshire

By James Baxter, NMA President New Hampshire has been a thorn in the side of the command and control safety establishment for decades. Since the 1970’s the safety commandos have preached that mandatory seatbelt laws and seatbelt use will prevent the ...

Where Does The Money From A Speeding Ticket Go?

By James Baxter, NMA President In this land where reality and fiction are indistinguishable there is a dead legal principle that says judges and courts should not personally benefit from the results of their rulings. Obviously, there is a conflict of ...

The Ignition Interlock Hoax

By James Baxter, NMA President MADD and its bloated stepmother, NHTSA, have been pushing for mandated ignition interlock devices (IIDs), preferably in all vehicles, but they know from experience these things have to be done in an incremental fashion, or there ...

Why Are Politicians Trying To Kill The Fuel Tax?

By Jim Baxter, NMA President A federally appointed commission just released a report spelling out the demise of fuel taxes as a means to fund transportation projects. To replace the fuel tax they recommend that all vehicles be equipped with monitoring ...

Bernie Madoff & Red-Light Cameras

  By James Baxter, NMA President For ten years there were credible investigators and investors telling federal regulatory agencies that Bernard Madoff could not be doing what he claimed to be doing, and that in all probability that he was running a ...

MADD Pushes To Make DUI Violations A Felony

By James Baxter, NMA President MADD’s current excuse for existing is to make DUI violations a felony, the most serious of criminal convictions. A felon, along with going to prison, loses the right to vote, the right to possess firearms, any ...