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Politically Incorrect Teenage Driver Tips 26 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist What type of car is a good choice for a teenaged driver? I get asked this a lot. Everyone’s got an opinion. Here’s mine: * Avoid giving your teen an underpowere...
Driving News Roundup: August 23, 2013 23 Aug 2013 | 07:58 pm
This is a weekly feature on the NMA Blog, running each Friday, where we highlight seven of the most interesting driving news stories of the week. Iowa: Wrecks are up at Clive intersections monitored ...
2014 Lincoln MKZ Review 22 Aug 2013 | 07:21 pm
By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Elvis did it in ’68 — maybe Lincoln will pull it off now. You know, make a comeback. No other automotive brand in recent memory was doing so well — in the ’90s ...
TheNewspaper.com Roundup: August 21, 2013 21 Aug 2013 | 07:31 pm
Each Wednesday, we’ll publish quick summaries of the articles from the last week on TheNewspaper.com. We’re doing this because these articles are often strongly connected to the issues that National M...
Back to the Basics on Red-Light Violations 20 Aug 2013 | 09:14 pm
With all of the news lately about how shortened yellow lights lead to more red-light running violations, we thought it would be helpful to take a look at what actually constitutes a red-light running ...
A View Down The Road 19 Aug 2013 | 08:41 pm
By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist A few weeks ago, I wrote a story about Ford’s creepy MyKey system (see here), now standard equipment in all new Ford vehicles, and the ugly possibilities for cont...
Driving News Roundup: August 16, 2013 16 Aug 2013 | 08:21 pm
This is a weekly feature on the NMA Blog, running each Friday, where we highlight seven of the most interesting driving news stories of the week. Tennessee: UT study looks at conflicts with red-light...
2014 GMC Terrain Review 15 Aug 2013 | 08:09 pm
By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist The GMC division of General Motors is an interesting animal in that it’s one of the small handful of “middle” brands still left on its feet. You remember middle b...
TheNewspaper.com Roundup: August 14, 2013 14 Aug 2013 | 07:46 pm
Each Wednesday, we’ll publish quick summaries of the articles from the last week on TheNewspaper.com. We’re doing this because these articles are often strongly connected to the issues that National M...
An Excuse for More of the Same 13 Aug 2013 | 08:39 pm
Stakeholders in the traffic safety community, including the NMA, point to the consistent downward trend in highway fatality rates from 1995 through 2011 to bolster their various positions. Since the ...