Latest Personal Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Personal Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Kentucky County Halts Program for Uninsured Drivers
Jun 14 2011 // Judges in Kentucky’s Jefferson County have stopped a program giving drivers without insurance a way to avoid a hefty fine because court officials say it nearly impossible to monitor the growing number of...
New York Governor Wants Tougher Penalty for Texting Drivers
Jun 13 2011 // Drivers who text behind the wheel in New York now run little risk of being pulled over by the police, but that would change under a proposal by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The governor said Friday that he plans to introduce a bill...
Oklahoma Commissioner Questions Legality of Driving Record Fee
Jun 10 2011 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak has requested that the state’s attorney general determine whether a 2010 bill increasing the costs of driving records was properly enacted by the Legislature. The bill...
Oregon Man Can’t Ride Bike Because of Suspended Driver’s License
Jun 9 2011 // When Paul McClain had his driver’s license suspended for driving a car without insurance, the 41-year-old Springfield, Ore., resident started riding an electric bicycle instead. But authorities say he can’t do...
Oregon Senate Passes Car Sharing Bill
Jun 7 2011 // In a seeming effort to encourage green behavior, Oregon senators have approved a bill that would remove some of the barriers to developing community car sharing programs. House Bill 3149 establishes standards for personal...
Nevada OSHA Encourages Employers to Ban Texting While Driving
Jun 3 2011 // The Nevada Occupational Health & Safety Section (OSHA) of the Division of Industrial Relations is hoping to stop one of the most dangerous forms of distracted driving. That’s why it is encouraging employers to...
New Jersey Court: Drunk Driver Can Sue Bar that Served Him
Jun 3 2011 // New Jersey’s Supreme Court has ruled a convicted drunken driver has the right to sue the bar that served him. Wednesday’s 5-2 ruling stems from a 2006 motorcycle crash in which Frederick Voss had a...
Driver of Car Hit by Train is Billed for Damage
Jun 2 2011 // Metro-North plans to bill a 40-year-old woman for the damage one of its trains suffered when it struck the woman’s car in Milford, Connecticut on Sunday. Metro-North spokeswoman Marjorie Anders says the commuter...
233 South Carolina Drivers Get Licenses Back in Amnesty Program
Jun 2 2011 // Hundreds of people regained their driving privileges during South Carolina’s first amnesty program for suspended licenses. The Department of Motor Vehicles said the agency reissued 233 licenses between May 16 and...
Employers Looking Other Way On Employees’ Distracted Driving
Jun 2 2011 // A recent survey confirms that there is growing concern among corporate managers about distracted driving risks and liability. Fifty percent of companies with more than 500 drivers said they have knowledge or evidence of...
Wash. Seeks Comment on Workers’ Comp Policy on For-Hire Drivers
Jun 1 2011 // Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries is seeking comment on proposed rules to implement legislation requiring workers’ compensation coverage for certain for-hire vehicle operators such as taxi and...
CEI Adds Secondary Driver Records to DriverCare Risk Manager
May 19 2011 // The CEI Group, Inc. (CEI) has enhanced its DriverCare Risk Manager designed to help fleets better control the risks of accidents and liability posed by members of fleet drivers’ households permitted to drive fleet...
Suit Says USAA Unfairly Denied Car Crash Claims
May 18 2011 // A Salem, Ore., attorney has filed a lawsuit accusing USAA Insurance Co, which represents military members and their families, of fraudulently denying claims after car crashes. The Salem Statesman Journal reports the suit,...
Florida Nabs 53 Suspects in Staged Car Crash Scheme
May 16 2011 // Authorities say a five-month investigation into staged car accidents and insurance fraud culminated in arrest warrants for 53 people in the Tampa area. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said that search...
In Some States, 1 in 4 Drivers Uninsured
May 16 2011 // Across the United States, chances are roughly one in seven that a driver is uninsured. The percentage of uninsured motorists stood at 13.8 percent in 2009, according to the Insurance Research Council (IRC). The group said...
Cost of Fatal Car Crashes by State
May 13 2011 // More than 30,000 people are killed in car crashes each year in the United States. In addition to the toll on victims’ families and friends, crash deaths result in some $41 billion in medical and work loss costs,...
Bus, Taxi Drivers Targeted in Ongoing New York Crackdown
May 11 2011 // The latest and broadest sting in a crackdown on commercial drivers that has ensnared 173 of them since a deadly March tour bus crash has netted nearly four dozen more arrests of drivers of tour buses, New York City buses,...
Alabama Offices to Replace Drivers’ Licenses Lost in Tornadoes
May 11 2011 // The state Department of Public Safety is opening offices in Tuscaloosa and Birmingham to help Alabamians whose driver’s licenses and non-driver identification cards were lost in the tornadoes April 27. The offices...
Goose Crashes Through Car Windshield on Michigan Driver
May 11 2011 // A 12-pound Canada goose crashed through the windshield of a sport utility vehicle as a woman drove on the highway in Bay County. Williams Township assistant fire chief Craig Pickelman said the unnamed 35-year-old woman...
Delaware: 2,500 Drivers Cited Since Cell Phone Ban Began
May 5 2011 // The Delaware Office of Highway Safety says more than 2,500 drivers have been cited since the state’s hands-free cell phone law went into effect at the beginning of the year. Office spokeswoman Alison Kirk says more...
