Federal safety regulators are proposing that heavy-duty vehicles be equipped with speed-limiting devices set to a specific maximum speed. A notice of proposed rulemaking was issued jointly on Aug. 26 by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

The NPRM comes after a decade-long push by trucking and safety advocates to put suc... Read More

I received a question from a client recently and thought I’d share the response to help clear up confusion about AOBRs (automatic on-board recorders), EOBRs (electronic on-board recorders) and some other related technologies out there.

Customer message/question:
“I had a driver pulled over yesterday
in Indiana got cited because he did not have a printer in his truck to print off his last ... Read More

At NorthAmerican Transportation Association, we’ve had an opportunity to crunch the numbers and found what the top seven trucking citations that came across the desks of our Service Provider, the National Motorists Association, were in 2013. The breakdown of the nearly 2,700 tickets reported to NMA will likely come as no surprise. It’s important to remind you that we never condone brea... Read More

Officials in Riverside, California have lost faith in red light cameras after eight years of use. On Tuesday, Councilman Chris MacArthur moved to have staff draft a proposal that cancel the city's contract with Redflex Traffic Systems of Australia and bring down all fourteen cameras -- to applause in the council chambers. The motion passed six to one.

MacArthur made his case by listing each pho... Read More

The photo enforcement industry is in free fall in California.  Once there were more than one hundred municipalities allowing private companies to issue red light camera tickets in the state, but now there are just 43  operational programs left after the city of Laguna Woods decided last week  to allow the photo ticketing contract with the troubled Australian vendor  Redflex Tra... Read More

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The finishing touches on “Motorists Beware: Ranking the States that Treat You Worst,” a NMA press release that will be issued to media outlets across the nation on May 19^th during the run-up to the Memorial Day holiday weekend. All 50 states plus the District of Columbia are rated and compared across 24 metrics in five major categories. The rankings will identify the relative differenc... Read More

As you know NTA provides traditional insurance and business advice, with one emphasis being on transportation. We have some great resources on our website,    one of which is the NTA blog, so I encourage everyone to check it out.

Information on roadside violations becomes increasingly compelling because plaintiff’s attorneys frequently bring up negligent maintenance and out of ... Read More

This is the final part of a two-part series on warrantless vehicle searches written by NMA Texas member Ted Levitt, who is not an attorney but who has done extensive legal research on the subject. Please note that neither of these articles should be construed as legal advice.
 
The circumstances justifying a vehicle search get more complicated under the “In Plain View” doctrine.
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