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While the national debate over red-light cameras keeps rolling along, the legal status of the systems keeps hitting potholes.
At the heart of the debate is this question: Do they save lives by reducing accidents, or are they primarily a way for cities to raise money in an era of lagging tax revenue? A long list of cities, plus the state of Connecticut, is eager to put them into service even as other cities are shutting them down. The legal climate is even more confusing....
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Here's a wake-up call for motorcoach company owners from business consultant William Chapman:
"You will leave your business. I guarantee you that you will leave your business -- at some point. It's a question of whether you plan for it or not." Chapman, who heads his own consultancy, Chapman Advisory Group, based here, says planning for succession is of particular concern to the motorcoach industry. That's because more than 90 percent of independent...
States are growing increasingly concerned about "drugged driving."
Yet, at the same time, many are offering avenues to legitimate marijuana use. Twelve years after Colorado legalized the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, more than 85,000 Colorado residents have been certified by the state health department to use it. Now there's increasing concern about a rise in traffic...
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- UMA Chairman Bill Allen of Amador Stage Lines in Sacramento, Calif., has launched a monthly video series to update UMA members on association- and industry-related happenings.
In the initial video, Allen lets viewers know that even before he began his chairmanship, he thought communication was a key for UMA and wanted to do a monthly video. "Hopefully it will be...
By Dave Millhouser
I'm reading a book. Stop laughing. It's called The Gift of Fear and it was written by Gavin de Becker. He makes the point that we should trust our instincts; that the folks around us are giving us all kinds of signals that we need to take seriously. Frequently, we ignore them to avoid appearing rude, or out of a misguided sense of political...
NEW ORLEANS - An attorney who has been challenging traffic cameras at intersections in Jefferson Parish and New Orleans has launched an attack on cameras affixed to school buses in Jefferson that catch violators who disregard bus-mounted stop signs.
The attorney's lawsuit argues that the cameras violate the Louisiana Constitution by using civil proceedings to address moving violations and...
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