If you don’t know what the NMA is, you’re not alone. It may be worth finding out. From Eric Peters at ericpetersautos.com:
You have probably heard of AAA. You may never have heard of the NMA. The former is the American Automobile Association. The latter is the National Motorists Association.
In italics to emphasize the difference.
Triple A blandly references “automobiles” in its title. NMA specifically references motorists – the people who drive automobiles. It’s an important distinction – if you are a motorist. If you care about driving. As opposed to being someone who owns an automobile and maybe wants a roadside assistance plan.
The NMA does not offer roadside assistance plans. It assists motorists – by advocating for their interests. One such successful effort being the repeal – after almost 20 years of drivers being mulcted over it – of the so-called 55 MPH National Maximum Speed Limit, which was imposed by the federal government as a “fuel saving” measure that greasily somehow morphed into a “safety” issue. Probably because it was easier to justify mulcting motorists for “unsafe” driving than for using “too much” gas (according to the government, which wasn’t paying people’s gas bills).
I get a kick out of the great JHK’s happy motoring from the peak oil and downsize go local videos.
Roadtripped to Texas/Mexico in the late 1990’s and 55ers had to get off in the breakdown lane or get honked at and flipped off by everyone.
Me likey and enjoy some happy motoring while you still can.