Latest Personal Auto Headlines
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Florida’s Older Drivers Need a Road Plan
Jan 9 2012 // Florida is home to one of the highest percentages of residents ages 65 and older in the United States, but very few of them have thought ahead to a time when they will no longer be able to drive a vehicle safely or...
Drunk Driving Crashes Are Down in Michigan
Jan 9 2012 // Alcohol-related crashes and deaths in Michigan dropped over the past decade. Michigan had 4,007 crashes linked to alcohol in 2010, down 38 percent from 6,485 in 2001, according to police records. The state had 264 fatal...
Wyoming Officials Say Mandatory Drunk Driving Law Gaining Acceptance
Jan 4 2012 // After a bit of a rocky start, law enforcement officials and prosecutors around the state say they’re now running into few problems with Wyoming’s new mandatory DUI (driving under the influence) testing...
Drunk Driver Test? There’s an App for That
Jan 4 2012 // A drunken driving test may not seem the likeliest place to come up with a mobile phone app, but that’s when inspiration struck Nashville, Tennessee resident Clay Bradley. Bradley said he was following a...
Why Drunk Driving Crashes Are Down in Michigan
Dec 28 2011 // Experts say there’s no single reason for the big drop in alcohol-related crashes and deaths in Michigan over the past decade. Michigan had 4,007 crashes linked to alcohol in 2010, down 38 percent from 6,485 in 2001,...
Report Says Virginia Drivers Wrongly Charged Under Insurance Law
Dec 27 2011 // Virginia motorists are being ticketed and convicted of a violation that is not a crime under state law: driving without proof of insurance. According to Virginia Lawyers Weekly, court records show that drivers in several...
Alaska Law Meant To Ban Texting While Driving Challenged
Dec 27 2011 // Alaska’s intended ban on texting while driving is facing a legal challenge, with a magistrate in Kenai saying the Legislature should have been explicit if they truly meant to prohibit the activity. The decision this...
Montana Man Gets DUI Driving Wrong Way by Police Station
Dec 21 2011 // A Helena, Mont. man really picked the wrong place to drive the wrong direction with an open container of alcohol in his car. The Independent Record reports 32-year-old Lacen T. Stern was arrested on suspicion of felony...
Report: Utah is Toughest State for Texting Drivers
Dec 21 2011 // Utah comes out on top of InsuarnceQuote.com’s list of the 10 toughest states for texting while driving. InsuranceQuotes.com reviewed laws of the 35 states that ban text messaging for all drivers. The review took into...
New Indiana Texting-Driving Ban Yields Few Citations
Dec 20 2011 // In its first five months on the books, Indiana’s texting-while-driving ban has led to only a few dozen citations by state troopers — a trend police blame on restrictions in the law that make it difficult for them...
Anchorage Police Nab 148 Drivers Exceeding 100 Mph
Dec 19 2011 // Anchorage police enforcing traffic laws in the past year issued nearly 150 citations to drivers exceeding 100 mph. KTVA-TV reports officers issued 148 citation for drivers who cracked the 100 mph limit. The high mark was a...
Rhode Island Police Step Up Patrols to Crack Down on Drunk Driving
Dec 19 2011 // The Rhode Island State Police are stepping up patrols through the end of the year to crack down on drivers who are under the influence of alcohol. Police Superintendent Col. Steven O’Donnell says authorities will...
Governor OKs Bill to End Some Michigan Drivers’ Fees
Dec 16 2011 // Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has signed legislation that will eliminate some extra fees that are imposed on drivers for certain traffic offenses. Senate Bill 166 repeals pieces of the state’s “driver...
Distracted Driving Stems From More Than Cell Phone Use, Insurers Say
Dec 16 2011 // Using a cell phone while driving is not the only distraction leading to automobile crashes today, says a group of insurance carriers. While the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) call for a national...
National Transportation Board Recommends Ban on Driver Cell Phone Use
Dec 14 2011 // States should ban all driver use of cell phones and other portable electronic devices, except in emergencies, the National Transportation Board said Tuesday. The recommendation, unanimously agreed to by the five-member...
Drivers Urged To Use Caution In Northern Arizona
Dec 14 2011 // The Arizona Department of Transportation says a stretch of State Route 260 east of Payson is closed between Star Valley and Heber due to snow-packed and icy conditions. Elsewhere, Interstate 17 is open between the Sedona...
NTSB Focuses on Driver Texting in Missouri Crash
Dec 14 2011 // A texting pickup truck driver who caused a deadly highway pileup in Missouri last year has federal accident investigators taking a hard look at the use of distracting devices behind the wheel. The National Transportation...
Government Study: Texting by Drivers Up by Half in 2010
Dec 9 2011 // New federal safety data shows texting while driving increased 50 percent last year, despite a rush by states to ban the practice. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration does an annual survey that watches...
70 Million Drivers Missing Out on Car Insurance Savings: Insurer
Dec 8 2011 // More than 70 million drivers in the U.S. potentially are leaving car insurance savings on the table by not taking advantage of usage-based insurance programs that reward drivers who drive safely and during safe times of...
New Study Pushes Tougher Iowa Teen Driving Rules
Dec 7 2011 // A new study says tougher restrictions on Iowa’s teenage drivers could have saved the lives of 32 young drivers in 2009. The Des Moines Register reports that the study report includes suggested standards: requiring...
