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A Blueprint For Reasonable Drunk Driving Laws

As a followup to last week's post on the possibility of mandatory breathalyzers in every vehicle, we thought it would be worth going over the organization's stance on DUI/DWI laws: The NMA supports drinking and driving regulations based on reasonable standards ...

Have Your Say: NMA Forums Launched

We're happy to announce the launch of the new NMA Forums. Over the years we've received various requests asking for a discussion board for people interested in the issues the NMA covers. Until now, for various reasons, we haven't been ...

Reader Feedback: What Do You Want To See?

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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