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Getting Traction by James J 22 NATIONAL MOTORISTS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION NEWS Getting Traction by James J. Baxter, President, NMA or over 20 years the NMA has Editorial Board's take on the NHTSA argued against the government/ article. It is printed in its entirety for F media proposition that our your enjoyment: TABLE OF CONTENTS highways are little more than killing VOLUME 15 • ISSUE 5 fields where the foolish venture to exercise a death wish. Every holiday The Wall Street Journal On The Road Getting Traction...............................................2 season the headlines proclaiming death Editorial NMA Defeats Proposed New York Law ........3 and mayhem on our streets, roads, and highways are regurgitated for public The Yearly NHTSA Report Political Clout ..................................................4 consumption and repeated on the Six Wednesday, August 12, 2004 How Much Is Insurance Savings O'clock News. Highway safety has been Worth To You?.................................................4 Just as reliably, the NMA has responded that simply looking at num- improving for years, and it's good 2004 NMA Business Members.......................6 bers of fatalities or being mesmerized to see the National Highway Traffic Taking The Fight To D.C.................................7 by a spectacular Interstate pile-up Safety Administration finally catch- Attention Race Fans! ......................................8 does not convey a rational picture of ing up with reality. In releasing its annual report on traffic fatalities What Can Be Done About “Black Boxes”....8 highway safety trends. We've beat the drum for using fatality rates and fatal Tuesday, the agency said "U.S. Drunk Driving Laws Are Out Of Control.......9 accident rates to get a more useful roads are now safer than ever." The Fallacy Of Breath Alcohol and accurate measure of how safe That's good news, especially Analysis, Part II..............................................10 (or dangerous) our highways have in August, when folks are packing up the family SUV for a week at News From Around The Country ................11 become. We've pointed out the futility of relying on enforcement the beach. But what a change Members Write ..............................................12 gimmicks to influence highway safety. from the doom and gloom of a The Experts’ Corner......................................14 We've also argued against the use of year ago, when the agency NMA Items For Purchase .............................15 draconian penalties and punitive over- warned that highway fatalities were at the "highest level since State Chapter Coordinators and Activists. 16 reaching laws intended to frighten and intimidate, or exploit motorists. But, it 1990" and suggested that the Copyright © 2004 by "grim" numbers were a reason to National Motorists Association Foundation. often seemed that no one was listening, shame states into passing draconian All rights reserved. that our positions weren't being taken seriously. I'm pleased to report that we, drunk driving and seat-belt laws. NMAF NEWS (permit # 0716556-KWP) is the The statistics released this week official publication of the National Motorists in fact, may be gaining some traction. Association Foundation, Inc. NMAF NEWS is The August 12, 2004 edition show that highway fatalities were published bimonthly by the National Motorists of the Wall Street Journal contained down in 2003—to 42,643 from Association Foundation, Inc., 402 W. 2nd St., 43,005 in 2002. But that doesn't tell Waunakee, WI 53597. (608/849-6000) Email: a lengthy article on the National [email protected] Web site: www.motorists.org Highway Traffic Safety you much about safety until these Nonprofit bulk permit paid Madison, WI. Annual Administration's (NHTSA) latest take numbers are placed alongside the membership in the National Motorists Association amount of driving people are doing. includes a subscription to NMAF NEWS. on last year's highway accident and safety data. Because the numbers were The key statistic is fatalities per 100 down slightly (and insignificantly) million vehicle miles traveled. That NHTSA gave credit to its promotion of number hasn't changed much in EDITORIAL STAFF primary belt laws, lowering the BAC recent years—1.8 in 2003, 1.51 in standard to .08, and other fabrications 2002 and 1.51 again in 2001. Executive Editor: ........................Eric Skrum Sport utility vehicles have been Guest Writer: ..........................John Holevoet intended to make the agency look like NHTSA's favorite whipping boy in Guest Writer:............................Radley Balko it had some responsibility for the slightly improved numbers. Of course, the past and it's hard to shake the there was the obligatory proposition habit. The agency comes down hard COVER that more laws, more enforcement, and on SUVs for their high "rollover" “Taking The Fight To D.C.” greater penalties were needed to shape rate. But like last year, it fails to up a recalcitrant driving public. Then, to my pleasant surprise, came the WSJ continued on page three SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2004 33 NATIONAL MOTORISTS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION NEWS NMA Defeats Proposed New York Law n July, the NMA received word take a stand now before history from the New York Metro Area, that a measure was introduced repeated itself. If county bans on Justin Jih, in which he detailed his I that would have prohibited radar detectors passed, state bans opposition to any such ban. Jih later radar/laser detectors and jammers in would follow. forwarded this reply on to the NMA Suffolk County. Jon Cooper, a local Alerts were sent to our New York National Headquarters. In his response, county legislator from Huntington, was members urging them to speak out Cooper wrote, "My office has done the main proponent of the legislation. against this law before it gained additional research into the pros and He even went so far as to say that support. Numerous NMA members cons of enacting a ban on the use of these devices were used by people answered the call to action; They wrote radar detectors. As a result of this to "put thousands of innocent lives to their Suffolk County Legislators and research, I am pleased to advise you at risk every day." To put a stop to asked them to oppose this legislation. that I have decided to withdraw my this imaginary "problem," Cooper Others prepared to speak out against proposed legislation." called for a law that would have the measure at a proposed public We are proud of the work our forbidden the use of such devices in hearing, which was scheduled to take members did to educate Cooper and the county and charged violators a place on August 10th in Hauppauge. other Suffolk County Legislators on fine of up to $250. The hearing never happened this issue. The impact of our members' The NMA immediately took action though. After getting a real sense of input cannot be minimized, and this against this measure. The importance the popular opposition to his proposed show of strength by the NMA will of the proposal was obvious; New measure, Cooper withdrew his bill hopefully deter others in Suffolk York's ban on hand-held cell phones from consideration. The letters, phone County or elsewhere in New York while driving started on a county level calls, and emails of NMA members from proposing similar radar/laser and later was applied statewide. It was had paid off. Cooper has responded to detector bans. vitally important that our organization a letter written by one of our members Traction continued from page two the opportunity to expand on the vehicle miles traveled, a 94 percent themes it emphasized. This too is re- reduction! Nor does NHTSA care to point out that while SUVs are more printed here for your reading pleasure: point out that 85 percent of this likely than regular cars to roll over reduction in fatality rates occurred during a fatal wreck, they aren't before the onset of mandatory likely to be involved in a fatal wreck What a great surprise, one of seatbelt laws, airbags, .08 DUI in the first place. For light trucks the most widely read publication in laws, road blocks, or red light (the category that includes SUVs), the country, the Wall Street Journal, ticket cameras. the fatality rate per 100 million acknowledges that our incredible The NHTSA spokesperson was vehicle miles traveled has been system of individual mobility is not hard pressed to explain why the slightly lower than the rate for the road to hell, but rather a agency's computer models fore- passenger cars in each of the wonderfully safe and efficient casted a thousand more fatalities past five years. mechanism that serves almost than actually occurred. Maybe this Critics chalk up the NHTSA's 300 million people on a daily basis. was the same computer model positive spin to election-year It was gratifying to read that the that predicted 6000 additional politics. Whatever the reason, WSJ Editorial Board recognized the fatalities if the 55 mph National we're glad the agency has finally relevance of fatality rates, versus Speed Limit were to be repealed? acknowledged the good news the simplistic, politically motivated, (The number of fatalities and the about highway safety, even if it's pandering of fatality numbers. fatality rate both fell the year after not ready to hop into an SUV. The safety mavens in NHTSA "55" was repealed.) systematically ignore the historic fact that our highway related James J. Baxter This editorial sounds like it was fatality rate was once 25 persons President drafted in the NMA office! Never per 100 million vehicle miles National Motorists Association content, we drafted a letter to the editor traveled. Today that rate is less lauding the paper's position and taking than 1.5 fatalities per 100 million printed on recycled paper SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2004 44 NATIONAL MOTORISTS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION NEWS Political Clout by James J. Baxter, President, NMA ost of us assume that our ability reason they have more influence than politician to your concerns is to M to influence political outcomes their neighbors or friends is that they actively work on his or her campaign is limited to that once-every- choose to have more clout.
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