Latest Personal Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Personal Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Female Customers Sue Lyft Alleging Sexual Assaults by Drivers
Aug 13 2019 // Lyft Inc.’s image as the “woke” ride-hailing company faces a new challenge from a rash of lawsuits filed by women who claim they were sexually assaulted by drivers summoned to take them home after...
Rideshare Driver Suspected of Raping Passenger Near San Francisco
Aug 13 2019 // Police have arrested a Lyft driver on suspicion of raping a female passenger in the San Francisco Bay Area. San Bruno police say the 25-year-old victim told investigators she scheduled the ride early Saturday while...
Alabama Truck Driving School Accused of Bribing Examiners
Aug 9 2019 // An Alabama truck driving school owner has been charged with bribing a license examiner to show favoritism toward his students. News outlets report 72-year-old James Welburn was indicted and arrested July 25. He’s...
Minnesota Law Requiring Drivers to Use Hands-Free Phones Now in Effect
Aug 2 2019 // A reminder to Minnesota motorists — keep your hands off your cellphone while driving. A new state law took effect Aug. 1 banning drivers from talking on the phone unless they are using a hands-free device. Officials say...
West Virginia Jury Finds Bar, Landowner Responsible in Drunken Driving Death
Jul 26 2019 // A jury says a now defunct West Virginia bar and the company that owned the land under the bar are mostly responsibly in a drunken driving death. The Journal of Martinsburg reported Tuesday that Dirty Dawg Saloon LLC was...
Police Looking into if Tesla Was Self-Driving During California Crash
Jul 24 2019 // A woman was arrested after running a red light in a rented Tesla in San Francisco and causing a crash that killed a tourist and left his wife critically injured, authorities said. Officers were investigating whether the...
Deaths from Nevada Car Crashes Down in June from 2018 Rates
Jul 18 2019 // Fewer people died in car crashes on Nevada roads in June than they did a year earlier, according to state data. The Nevada Department of Public Safety reported 16 deaths from 16 crashes in June, which is almost half as...
Alabama Towing Firms Under Investigation for Overcharging Drivers
Jul 17 2019 // Police in Alabama have searched five towing companies that are under investigation for possible insurance fraud. New outlets report officers executed search warrants Friday at more than a dozen locations. Mobile Police...
The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research Debuts New Online Learning Experience
Jul 15 2019 // Austin, TX, July 15, 2019 – The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research launched a new and improved online learning experience that educates insurance and risk professionals about new changes,...
New Louisiana Rules for Self-Driving Trucks Effective Aug. 1
Jul 15 2019 // As companies work to design fleets of commercial trucks that won’t need a human in the driver’s seat, Louisiana lawmakers have written rules that self-driving vehicles will need to follow to truck commerce...
Employees in Arizona City to Use Self-Driving Cars for Work Rides
Jul 15 2019 // Dozens of city employees in the Phoenix suburb of Chandler will use self-driving vehicles at work in partnership with Waymo, an autonomous vehicle company. The partnership will begin sometime this month as Chandler...
$45M Center to Test Self-Driving Vehicles Opens in Ohio
Jul 12 2019 // Officials in Ohio have opened a $45 million testing ground for self-driving vehicles. The Transportation Research Center Inc. unveiled its 540-acre (218.5-hectare) SMARTCenter on Wednesday. The state-of-the-art automated...
London’s Uber Drivers Sue City’s Mayor for ‘Discriminatory’ New Levy
Jul 12 2019 // London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s decision to charge Uber Technologies Inc. drivers to operate in the city center amounts to racial discrimination and puts some out of business, lawyers for the drivers said Wednesday in...
5th Circuit: No Assertion that Drunken Driving Equals Intention to Crash
Jul 12 2019 // If a drunken motorist collides with another vehicle, can the incident truly be called an accident? A federal judge in Texas said “no” and dismissed a plaintiff’s lawsuit seeking punitive damages from...
Employees in Arizona City to Use Self-Driving Cars for Work Rides
Jul 9 2019 // Dozens of city employees in the Phoenix, Ariz., suburb of Chandler will use self-driving vehicles at work in partnership with Waymo, an autonomous vehicle company. The partnership will begin this month as Chandler...
New Louisiana Rules for Self-Driving Trucks Effective Aug. 1
Jul 9 2019 // As companies work to design fleets of commercial trucks that won’t need a human in the driver’s seat, Louisiana lawmakers have written rules of the road that self-driving vehicles will need to follow to truck...
Houston Police: Number of Drunken-Driving Arrests Up Sharply
Jul 8 2019 // The Houston police chief says a citywide crackdown has led to a 75% increase in the number of people arrested for drunken driving in the first six months of this year. Chief Art Acevedo said that Houston police logged more...
Under New Law, Kansas Drivers Can Refuse Field Sobriety Tests
Jul 3 2019 // Kansas drivers can no longer be charged with a crime for refusing a field sobriety test under a new state law. The Wichita Eagle reported that a change in state law that took effect on July 1 means police can’t...
Hawaii Including Gender X on State Driver’s Licenses
Jul 2 2019 // Hawaii will soon provide drivers the option to select “X” as their gender on licenses. Democratic Gov. David Ige was expected to sign the bill aimed at reducing discrimination against transgender and gender...
Tennessee Hand-Held Phone Driving Ban Becomes Law
Jul 2 2019 // Drivers in Tennessee could face fines if they’re caught using hand-held cellphones behind the wheel as the new law took effect Monday. The new distracted driving law makes it illegal to drive while holding or...
