Latest Personal Auto Headlines
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Okla. Bills Tackle Uninsured Drivers
Mar 21 2005 // Two bills addressing uninsured drivers are making their way through the Oklahoma Legislature. House Bill 1351, which would require a system for instant verification by law en-forcement officers of a driver’s auto...
UNINSURED DRIVER LEGISLATION FILED
Mar 21 2005 // Texas State Rep. Bill Callegari, Katy, filed House Bill 2573 to establish a motor vehicle financial responsibility program in Texas. According the House Media Services Division, HB 2573 is similar to a measure that passed...
Del. Moves to Yank License Plates of Uninsured Drivers
Mar 18 2005 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn has asked the Senate Public Safety Committee to send Senate Bill 20, a bipartisan bill improving the state’s enforcement tools against uninsured drivers, to the full Senate...
Safety Insurance Net Income Jumped in 2004
Mar 16 2005 // Safety Insurance Group, Inc. reported that net income for the 2004 was $45.0 million, or $2.90 per diluted share, compared to $28.5 million, or $1.86 per diluted share, for 2003. Safety’s book value per share...
Uninsured Driver Legislation Filed in Texas
Mar 14 2005 // State Representative Bill Callegari, Katy, filed House Bill 2573 to establish a motor vehicle financial responsibility program in Texas. According the House Media Services Division, HB 2573 is a version of a similar...
Vermont Reports Decline in Teen Driver Fatalities
Mar 9 2005 // The number of Vermont teenagers who died in traffic crashes has declined sharply to where the state has one of the lowest death rates in the country. Highway safety officials credit the new “graduated” licenses...
Study Shows Tort-Based Auto System Provides Savings for Colo. Drivers
Mar 7 2005 // A Colorado study shows that since the state scrapped its ailing no-fault automobile insurance program in favor of a tort-based system, rates for some consumers have dropped between 19.5 percent and 27.1 percent. The study,...
Graduated Licensing Laws for Teen Drivers Reduced Fatalities, Study Finds
Mar 7 2005 // The fatal crash rate for 16-year-old drivers declined sharply after states began enacting graduated licensing laws in the 1990s, according to a new study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The study found that...
Drivers Dialed Into an Accident’
Mar 1 2005 // More motorists than ever are using cellular phones while they drive, according to the latest survey released Tuesday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). In 2004, at any given daylight moment, an...
Study Shows Tort-Based Auto System Provides Savings for Colo. Drivers
Feb 25 2005 // A Colorado study shows that since the state scrapped its ailing no-fault automobile insurance program in favor of a tort-based system, rates for some consumers have dropped between 19.5 percent and 27.1 percent. The study...
Graduated Licensing Laws for Teen Drivers Reduced Fatalities by 26%, Study Finds
Feb 24 2005 // The fatal crash rate for 16-year-old drivers declined sharply after states began enacting graduated licensing laws in the 1990s, according to a new study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The study found that...
U.K. Chief Driver Examiner Ignites Valentine’s Day Controversy: Men Better Drivers than Women
Feb 14 2005 // Everyone probably has an opinion on what constitutes competence or incompetence when it comes to driving an automobile, but when Robin Cummins, the man in charge of overseeing the U.K. Driving Standards Agency, expresses...
Okla. Lawmaker Seeks to Create Graduated Driver’s License for Teens
Feb 10 2005 // Tired of seeing underage drivers killed as a result of joyriding with their friends, Oklahoma State Rep. Danny Morgan announced legislation to create a new graduated driver’s license for teenagers. Morgan said he...
N.H. Jury Awards $2.6M in Car Crash Suit, Citing Engineers for Faulty Intersection Design
Feb 7 2005 // A New Hampshire jury has awarded nearly $2.6 million to the family of a man killed in a 1999 car crash, saying the firm that redesigned the intersection where it happened was partly at fault. David DeBenedetto was killed...
Driver’s Choice Founder to Head S.C. Insurance Dept.
Feb 3 2005 // South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has chosen Elanor Kitzman, founder and past president of Driver’s Choice Insurance Services, of Columbia to head South Carolina’s Insurance Department. Kitzman has been active...
Virginia Senate Gets Tough on Teen Drivers, Passing Cell Phone Ban, Seat Belt and Curfew Bills
Jan 30 2005 // A bill that bans Virginia motorists younger than 18 from talking on cellular phones while driving and subjects them to tickets if they don’t wear seat belts won easy Senate passage last week. By a 32-7 vote, a bill...
Only 2 Mass. Insurers Offering Good Driver Discounts
Jan 19 2005 // The number of insurers in Massachusetts looking to grant discounts to the best drivers has gone down to 2 from just 3. Of the state’s 20 private passenger auto insurers only Amica Insurance and Electric Insurance,...
IIHS Attributes Saved Lives to Fla. Teen-Driving Regulation Changes
Jan 17 2005 // Nationwide driver’s license regulation changes which took place as a result of the death of a teenage driver in Florida have resulted in a reduction in the number of automobile deaths caused by teenage drivers...
Warning: Drowsy Docs Danger During Driving
Jan 14 2005 // They’re in training to save lives, but medical interns sometimes threaten them: Lack of sleep from very long hospital shifts can make young doctors behind the wheel as dangerous as drunks, researchers found. Doctors...
Driver Alliant to End Contingent Agreements with Insurance Carriers
Dec 23 2004 // San Diego-based Driver Alliant Insurance Services Inc., along with its parent company, Alliant Resources Group Inc., announced that they will be eliminating their contingent income agreements with insurance carriers....
