Latest Personal Auto Headlines
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Minn. Gubernatorial Candidate Proposes ‘Dumb Driving’ Fines
Aug 4 2006 // Drivers who cause crashes because they’re wolfing down hamburgers or applying mascara would face fines under a transportation plan outlined recently by Independence Party gubernatorial candidate Peter...
Mass. Teen Driving Bill Advances
Jul 30 2006 // Teens longing to get out on the open road would have to hang up their cell phones and log more hours in behind-the-wheel training before they would be able to get their drivers’ licenses, under a bill passed by the...
Commerce Net Earnings Down in 2d Quarter But Up for First Half
Jul 28 2006 // The Commerce Group, Inc. reported 2006 second quarter results showing net earnings were $58.6 million, or $0.86 per diluted share, compared to net earnings of $62.6 million or $0.92 per diluted share for 2005. Included in...
Despite understanding risk, drivers gab on wireless phones
Jul 24 2006 // Despite knowing that driving and talking on a cell phone at the same time is dangerous and that it is safer to use a hands-free device to hold a cell phone, a large majority of drivers with cell phones still talk on the...
Despite understanding risk, drivers gab on wireless phones
Jul 24 2006 // Despite knowing that driving and talking on a cell phone at the same time is dangerous and that it is safer to use a hands-free device to hold a cell phone, a large majority of drivers with cell phones still talk on the...
U.K. Polls Reveals Half of Motorists Want Elderly Drivers Banned
Jul 21 2006 // Congestion on Britain’s streets is getting worse, but drivers polled by online insurance broker www.motorinsurance.co.uk have a novel solution: ban elderly drivers from the roads. In a shocking display of ageism,...
New Law Will Make Driving Without Insurance in Ill. More Costly
Jul 20 2006 // The penalties for driving without auto insurance are getting tougher under a new Illinois law. Starting next summer, uninsured drivers will lose their license for three months and have to pay a $100 fee to get it back....
Study: Pa. High Schoolers Risking Driving Under Influence
Jul 14 2006 // Pennsylvania high school seniors are increasingly drinking to excess and getting behind the wheel after drinking alcohol or taking drugs, according to a statewide survey. It also found that about one in five has gone to...
DriveCam Inc. Partners With American Country Insurance to Offer Safe Driving Program
Jul 10 2006 // DriveCam Inc. has partnered with American Country Insurance Co. Under the terms of the agreement, American Country Insurance will offer discounts starting at 5 percent to customers who deploy DriveCam’s solution....
N.H. Holiday Highway Patrol Stops 7,000 Drivers; Tickets 6,000; Arrests 38
Jul 7 2006 // New Hampshire state troopers might have writer’s cramp after a July Fourth holiday weekend in which they stopped 7,000 vehicles, wrote more than 6,000 tickets and made 38 drunken driving arrests. Extra holiday...
Despite understanding risk, drivers gab on wireless phones
Jul 3 2006 // Despite knowing that driving and talking on a cell phone at the same time is dangerous and that it is safer to use a hands-free device to hold a cell phone, a large majority of drivers with cell phones still talk on the...
If N.Y. bans cell phones, what’s next— drinking coffee, driving with pets?
Jun 19 2006 // New York’s cell phone ban could clear the way for laws against anything that causes accidents, from having a pet in the car to drinking coffee, warns a lawyer fighting to have the ban declared...
Highway Safety Institute Gives Illinois ‘Fair’ Rating on Teen Driving
Jun 16 2006 // The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety gave Illinois a “fair” rating for the way it issues licenses to new drivers in an updated chart as of May 2006. The Institute assigns licensing systems points for the...
Car Crash Death Rate for Seniors, Already High, Expected to Rise
Jun 15 2006 // A study co-authored by a University of Virginia professor suggests that seniors citizens will die in car accidents at a higher rate in the years ahead as America’s 75 million baby boomers age, grow more frail and...
Despite Understanding Risk, Drivers Gab Away on Cell Phones
Jun 7 2006 // Despite knowing that driving and talking on a cell phone at the same time is dangerous, and that it is safer to use a hands-free device to hold the cell phone, a large majority of drivers with cell phones still talk on the...
N.J. Drivers ‘Clear Winners’ Under ’03 Reforms, Claims Industry Report
Jun 5 2006 // New Jersey drivers are the “clear winners” due to auto insurance reforms enacted by lawmakers in 2003 according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI), which released a report about the...
Allstate report ranks South Dakota drivers as safest
Jun 5 2006 // Residents of Sioux Falls, S.D., are the safest drivers in the United States, according to the second-annual “Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report.” The largest city in South Dakota moves up from the...
Allstate report ranks South Dakota drivers as safest
Jun 5 2006 // Residents of Sioux Falls, S.D., are the safest drivers in the United States, according to the second-annual “Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report.” The largest city in South Dakota moves up from the...
FedEx Drivers Awarded $61 Million in Racial Bias Case; FedEx to Appeal
Jun 4 2006 // A Superior Court jury in San Francisco awarded $61 million to two FedEx Ground drivers of Lebanese descent who claimed a manager harassed them with racial slurs for two years. Edgar Rizkallah, 43, and Kamil Issa, 36, said...
