The Traveling Public Can Go Elsewhere
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 Posted in Speed Traps | 11 Comments »By James Baxter, NMA President According to public opinion, there are 57,000 speed traps in the United States. That’s how many speed traps have been listed by individuals on SpeedTrap.org, a website sponsored by the NMA. That averages out to 1140 ...
Tired Of High Gas Prices? Don’t Ask The Government For Help
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 24 Comments »By James Baxter, NMA President I don’t like the idea of $4 gasoline, I doubt that anyone does. However, I like gas lines, closed gas stations, and no gasoline at all, even less. That’s what we are likely to end up ...
Reinstating "55," Are They Crazy?!
Thursday, May 29th, 2008 Posted in Speed Limits | 435 Comments »By James Baxter, NMA President The same forces that resisted the use of fire many thousands of years ago are still with us, only now they are advocating the return of the national maximum speed limit of 55 miles per hour. Anyone ...
Drinking Improves Highway Safety (Apparently)
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Posted in DUI/DWI | 11 Comments »By Jim Baxter, NMA President A new federal study from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (part of the US Dept. of Health and Human services) just confirmed that states with the highest levels of self-reported drinking and ...
Why Don’t Politicians Care About Transportation Issues?
Friday, April 18th, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 6 Comments »By Jim Baxter, NMA President In what has to be history’s longest political campaign, I have yet to hear anything meaningful about public policies that directly affect motorists. Sure, there have been inane and uneducated comments stimulated by major events, like the ...
The Privileged Many: "Professional Courtesy" Exposed
Thursday, April 10th, 2008 Posted in Corruption | 16 Comments »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 ...
The 4 Types Of Red Light Violations And How To Stop Them
Thursday, March 20th, 2008 Posted in Red-Light Cameras | 21 Comments »By Jim Baxter, NMA President Intersection safety issues usually break down into four general problem areas. Each of these situations has unique qualities that defy a universal solution. 1) Red light violations just at the moment of signal change. These are the bread ...
It’s Traffic Ticket Season!
Monday, March 17th, 2008 Posted in Traffic Tickets | 20 Comments »By James Baxter, NMA President When it’s 30 degrees below zero you can drive through a school zone at 60 MPH in relative confidence, even if Officer Jones is spraying the street with radar beams. He isn’t about to exit that ...
More Silly Numbers From AAA
Thursday, March 6th, 2008 Posted in Corruption | 33 Comments »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 ...
What Everyone Should Know About Laser Guns
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 Posted in Traffic Tickets | 71 Comments »By James Baxter, NMA President The use of laser speed estimation devices, sometimes referred to as LIDAR, has been accompanied by a lot of heavy breathing and claims of infallibility on the part of law enforcement agencies. “Pinpoint accuracy, undetectable,” ...
