Latest Personal Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Personal Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Opera Workers’ Ruling Offers Path for Uber, Lyft Drivers to Unionize
Jun 15 2023 // A US labor board ruling on Tuesday laid the groundwork for drivers from Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. and other gig workers to formally unionize – a still difficult but potentially transformative task. In a ruling...
Driver Lost Control of Tanker Before Fire Caused I-95 Highway Collapse, Say Officials
Jun 14 2023 // The driver of a tractor-trailer hauling gasoline lost control on an off-ramp and flipped the tanker truck on its side in a wreck that set it afire and destroyed a section of the East Coast’s main north-south highway,...
Report: Wildfire Fears at ‘All-Time High’ and Driving Insurer Decisions in Property Market
Jun 12 2023 // Despite a relatively average 2022 wildfire season, fears of wildfires remain at an “all-time high,” and those fears appear to be one driver of decision-making on property insurance. A new report from Gallagher...
1 Killed, 5 Injured as Driver Crashes Into Subway Sandwich Shop
Jun 12 2023 // A car veered into a sandwich shop at a mall near Providence, killing one person and injuring five others, authorities said. The crash happened Wednesday afternoon at a Subway restaurant at the Apple Valley Mall in...
Connecticut Lawmakers Pass Wrong-Way Driver Bill
Jun 9 2023 // Connecticut lawmakers, still grieving the death of a fellow legislator killed in a wrong-way crash in January, have given final legislative approval to a bill that attempts to address the large increase in wrong- way...
Truck Driver Indicted After Deadly Oregon Crash That Killed 7 Farmworkers
Jun 1 2023 // The driver of the semitruck involved in a fatal crash on Interstate 5 in Oregon earlier this month that left seven farmworkers dead has been indicted on charges of manslaughter, court documents show. A grand jury in Marion...
Truck Driver in Multi-Vehicle Freeway Crash That Killed 7 in Oregon Arrested
May 24 2023 // The driver of a semitruck that slammed into a passenger van on Interstate 5 in western Oregon, killing 7 people in one of the state’s deadliest crashes in recent years, was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter, DUI...
Widower of Bride Killed on Wedding Night Sues Driver, Carolina Bars
May 23 2023 // The alleged drunken driver who police say slammed into newlyweds riding along a South Carolina beach road now faces a wrongful death lawsuit alongside several establishments accused of overserving her on the night of the...
Over 30 Million Drivers at Risk of Dangerous Airbag Blast During Collision
May 23 2023 // More than 33 million people in the United States are driving vehicles that contain a potentially deadly threat: Airbag inflators that in rare cases can explode in a collision and spew shrapnel. Few of them know it. And...
Colleague’s Death Spurs Connecticut Lawmakers to Pass Wrong-Way Driver Bill
May 22 2023 // Connecticut lawmakers, shaken by the death of a colleague killed in a wrong-way crash earlier this year, unanimously approved a bill Wednesday that attempts to curtail the growing problem of wrong-way drivers. The...
Drivers Are Shopping, Swapping Auto Insurance Policies at Record Pace
May 19 2023 // Drivers are kicking the tires and trading up for new auto insurance policies. In the first quarter, new policy growth rate was up 17% over the same period in 2022, and a record-breaking shopping growth rate was up 10.2%...
Driver Falls Asleep, 18-wheeler Hits Federal Courthouse in Georgia
May 15 2023 // A federal courthouse in Georgia was damaged when the driver of a tractor trailer fell asleep and the truck hit the building last week. The crash into the J. Roy Rowland Federal Courthouse in Dublin happened at about 12:30...
Connecticut Lawmaker, Other Driver Both DUI in Fatal Crash
May 12 2023 // A Connecticut state representative and a wrong-way driver were both over the legal limit for alcohol when they were killed in a highway crash in January, according to government officials and state police. Middletown...
Florida Driver in 116-mph Fatal House Crash Sentenced to 27 Years
May 11 2023 // A Florida man who was driving his Tesla at least 116 mph (186 kph) before crashing into a house and killing two people in 2021 has been sentenced to 27 years in prison. Vaughn Mongan, 45, of Palm Harbor, was sentenced...
U.S. Personal Auto Results Headed the Wrong Way. Is a U-Turn Possible?
May 8 2023 // Although the pandemic may appear more distant in the rearview mirror, its lasting impact on the personal auto insurance industry may be larger than initially expected. Private passenger automobile insurance is the largest...
Attacks on Delivery Drivers Raise Safety Concerns Among Gig Workers
May 4 2023 // A homeowner fired shots at a couple’s car when they mistakenly turned onto his property while making an Instacart delivery. A Florida man was charged with killing and dismembering an Uber Eats delivery driver who...
Just Married, Then Hit by Alleged Drunk Driver: SC Bride Dies After Car Slams Golf Cart
May 3 2023 // A bride leaving her wedding reception was killed when a woman driving under the influence and well over twice the speed limit slammed into the back of a golf cart on a South Carolina beach road, authorities said. Data...
New York’s Yellow Cab Drivers Can’t Sue City Over Uber, Lyft Impact on License Values
Apr 28 2023 // New York’s top state court on Thursday threw out claims by yellow cab operators that New York City diminished the value of their taxi licenses by failing to rein in app-based competitors like Uber Technologies Inc...
Uber Eats Driver Slain, Dismembered in Florida After Making Delivery
Apr 27 2023 // A Florida man is charged with murder and other offenses in the slaying and dismemberment of an Uber Eats driver who had brought food to the assailant’s house, authorities said Tuesday. Oscar Solis Jr., 30, is charged...
Massachusetts High Court Opens 27,000 Drunk Driving Cases to Reconsideration
Apr 26 2023 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that 27,000 people who pled guilty or were convicted of drunk driving from June 1, 2011 to April 18, 2019, are entitled to have their cases reconsidered due to the state...
