Reader Feedback: What Do You Want To See?

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 10 Comments »

In October 2007, the National Motorists Association Blog was launched with little fanfare. In fact, the first post was initially viewed by only a few hundred people. Fortunately, the blog has grown tremendously since then. We've written over 110 ...

The Motorist Bill Of Rights

Friday, May 16th, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 3 Comments »

We've had this on our website for many years, but it's worth posting here for anyone who isn't familiar with it. Motorists deserve to have their rights protected. It's the principle that the NMA was founded on: The right to traffic regulation ...

The NMA’s Seven Sensible Signals

Monday, April 7th, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 7 Comments »

One ongoing objective of the National Motorists Association is the improvement of our driving environment. This includes the enhancement of motorist-to-motorist communication. In the late 1980's, we researched and developed a series of seven messages and simple signals to convey these ...

NMA Contest: Tell Your Ticket Story & Win A Free Book

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 29 Comments »

Have you fought a traffic ticket in court? If so, the National Motorists Association wants to hear your story! To celebrate the redesign of the NMA Store and to encourage reader participation on this blog, we've decided to have ...

Have You Been Misled By A Common Statistical Error?

Thursday, January 24th, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 3 Comments »

When studying the causes of fatal accidents, the fatal accident rate (the number of fatal accidents on a per-vehicle-mile-driven basis) is the best available measure of highway safety. It is not subject to fluctuations caused by the chance number ...

Traffic Safety Hysteria: How The Media Misleads You With Statistics

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007 Posted in Helpful Information | 2 Comments »

Traffic safety is an important issue across the country and it's the media's responsibility to report relevant statistics in a responsible way. Unfortunately, the media often uses faulty numbers when reporting safety statistics leading the general public to accept misinformation ...

The Traffic Justice Program: We’ll Pay Your Speeding Ticket

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007 Posted in Helpful Information, Traffic Tickets | 38 Comments »

We're serious about changing the traffic enforcement system in this country and we're putting our money where our mouth is. If you're a member of the National Motorists Association and you get a speeding ticket, we're giving you ...

Vote For The Worst Speedtrap In Your State

Friday, November 2nd, 2007 Posted in Speed Traps | 20 Comments »

The polls have closed.  Thank you to everyone who voted.  The results will be posted on this blog.