62 Alerts From the DUI Tag

The Consequences of Ignoring the Law: NMA E-Newsletter #628

January 24, 2021 • DUI, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FOURTH AMENDMENT, MICHIGAN, NEWSLETTER, NMA, SPEED LIMIT, TRAFFIC STOP

At the urging of the late motorists’ advocate extraordinaire, Jim Walker, the NMA provided grant support for the defense of a Michigan man pulled over for driving over the speed limit in 2015. This wasn’t your typical speeding case, as illustrated by final closure earlier this month when the state Supreme Court declined to take […]

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“Driving While Black” Billboard Shines Light on City Ticket Records: NMA E-Newsletter #602

July 26, 2020 • Bicyclist, DUI, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FOIA, INSURANCE, NEWSLETTER, POLICING FOR PROFIT, PUBLIC RECORDS, RACIAL PROFILING, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, speed limits, SPEED TRAP, TICKET FINES, TICKET REVENUE, Traffic Safety, Traffic stops, Traffic Tickets

By a Michigan NMA Member On July 6, an electronic billboard appeared along I-96 in Redford Township, Michigan, just east of the city limits of Livonia. It warned drivers leaving Detroit, “Driving while black?  Racial profiling just ahead. Welcome to Livonia.” Livonia is a racially-mixed city of 97,000, covering 36 square miles of 1950s homes […]

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Motorists in Court—Latest Court Case Updates from Around the Country: NMA E-Newsletter #544

June 16, 2019 • BLOOD WITHDRAWAL, COLORADO, DUI, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FOURTH AMENDMENT, GEORGIA, INDIANA, LEGISLATION, MASSACHUSETTS, NEWSLETTER, POLICING FOR PROFIT, REVENUE GENERATION, RHODE ISLAND, TEXAS, TICKET FINES, TICKET REVENUE, TOLL, TRAFFIC STOP, Traffic Tickets, WISCONSIN

This time of year, many state legislatures have wrapped up their yearly bills, but courts never stop. Here are just some of the cases we have been tracking. The Colorado Supreme Court recently declared that an alert by a drug-sniffing police dog to detect marijuana and other drugs no longer provides probable cause for a […]

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Predatory Towing Not Just an Inconvenience: NMA E-Newsletter #539

May 12, 2019 • civil asset forfeiture, Driver's License, DUI, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FLORIDA, ILLINOIS, LEGISLATION, NEWSLETTER, NMA, Predatory Towing, PUBLIC RECORDS, REVENUE GENERATION, TICKET FINES, TOWING, Traffic Tickets

Cities tow cars for many reasons. They are often towed when doubled parked or left in front of a fire hydrant. If there are too many parking tickets, cities will often boot first, and if the driver does not pay the tickets in a certain amount of time, the boot comes off, and the vehicle […]

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Tracking Legislative Activity the NMA Way: NMA –E-Newsletter #533

March 31, 2019 • ALPR, Automated Traffic Enforcement, Driver's License, DUI, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, GEORGIA, LANE COURTESY, LEGISLATION, MARYLAND, MISSISSIPPI, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, NEWSLETTER, NMA, NORTH DAKOTA, RADAR, RADAR DETECTOR, ROADBLOCK, SCHOOL BUS, SPEED LIMIT, TICKET FINES, TRAFFIC CAMERA, TRAFFIC SIGNAL, UTAH, VIRGINIA, WEST VIRGINIA

Today we complete the first full calendar quarter of reporting motorist-related activity that is passing through state and federal legislatures. The NMA Bill/Regulation Tracker (Bill Tracker) was introduced in the Winter 2019 issue of Driving Freedoms and went live on Motorists.org in early January when most states began new legislative sessions. Only three months in […]

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