We put out a press release yesterday that organized some of the data we've collected in running the National Speed Trap Exchange (www.speedtrap.org) over the past decade. It's a list of the worst speed trap cities in the United States ...
There are hundreds of motorists-related cases that come through the court system each year, but most never attract the attention of the average motorist. What follows is a collection of interesting legal rulings from this year that you may not ...
If you've read any of our articles in the past, you know that red light ticket cameras have a way of helping city council members forget about basic due process rights.
This story from 10TV News in Ohio shows that Columbus, ...
By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist
Very soon -- and for the first time in living memory -- it will be next to impossible to visually pick out cop cars from the crowd.
For years, it was pretty easy to do that. Even ...
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 ...
In a story that illustrates the connection between police department funding and traffic tickets, the state of Illinois is considering taking a portion of county bond fees collected from minor traffic violations and giving it to the state to help ...
By Jim Baxter, NMA President
There are many traffic laws that function reasonably well---as long as they are not strictly enforced. Enforcing “the letter of the law” can make a reasonable regulation unreasonable.
Prior to the passage of the National Maximum Speed ...
The Detroit News recently studied ten randomly selected intersections and found that the speed limit was set incorrectly on all ten. In response, State Representative Rick Jones, R-Grand Ledge, will be proposing a bill to require cities to follow the ...
How likely is it that I'll win if I fight my traffic ticket in court? This is a question we get a lot and the truth is that it varies pretty wildly depending on the location.
It's rare to get a ...
In a case that illustrates just how few drivers stand up for their rights in court, a woman in Milwaukie, Oregon successfully got her traffic fine erased after figuring out that the speed limit was posted incorrectly. The road was ...
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