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Spat Over Negligence Presumption Kills Alabama Texting Driver Ban
Apr 28 2010 // Drivers can keep sending text messages while traveling Alabama’s highways because a fight between an insurance company and lawyers in the state Senate killed a bill to ban the dangerous practice. Democratic Sen....
Florida CEOs Urge ‘Cost Driver’ Reforms as Legislature Nears End
Apr 21 2010 // The Florida-Based Property Insurers CEO Group, representing 21 carriers, held a media conference today to discuss legislation to address the problems in the state’s property insurance market. The group downplayed the...
Kansas State University: Crashes Caused by Older Drivers Often Severe
Apr 15 2010 // Kansas State University researchers are discovering the challenges aging creates for drivers. To help improve traffic safety, K-State engineers identified the characteristics of older drivers in Kansas and the types of...
Oklahoma Gov. Signs Legislation on Distracted Driving
Apr 14 2010 // Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry has signed into law a piece of legislation that will allow law enforcement to cite drivers who drive dangerously while using their cell phone, but prohibit them from initiating a traffic stop...
Parents, Drivers Want Tougher Driving Laws for Teens, Poll Says
Apr 13 2010 // Washington drivers want stricter penalties for teen drivers who violate Washington’s intermediate license law, a recent poll by PEMCO Insurance revealed. The poll, taken by the state’s largest insurance company...
Maryland Lawmakers Ban Hand-Held Phones While Driving
Apr 12 2010 // Maryland drivers will have to use handsfree devices to talk on cell phones while driving under legislation passed by the Maryland General Assembly on Friday. The House of Delegates voted 125-14 to pass a measure already...
Kentucky Gov. Beshear to Sign Bill Banning Texting While Driving
Apr 6 2010 // Motorists in Kentucky would face fines if caught texting while driving under legislation that lawmakers are heralding as a lifesaving measure. The legislation cleared its final hurdle last week when the House passed it by...
Island Insurance Lowers Personal Auto Rates 3.5%
Apr 2 2010 // Honolulu-based Island Insurance has lowered its personal auto insurance rates an average of up to 3.5 percent, depending upon coverage limits, rating company and territory.The reduced rates will affect personal auto...
Kentucky Senate Advances Bill to Ban Texting While Driving
Apr 2 2010 // The Kentucky Senate has used some late maneuvering in pushing a bill aimed at banning people from sending text messages while driving in the state. Senators found a House bill to attach the provisions that would prohibit...
U.S. Seeks Permanent Ban on Texting by Bus, Truck Drivers
Mar 31 2010 // U.S Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has proposed a federal rule that would to specifically prohibit texting by interstate commercial truck and bus drivers. The proposed rule would make permanent an interim ban...
Study: Road Woes Cost North Carolina Drivers $1,350 a Year
Mar 26 2010 // North Carolina’s big-city motorists are losing nearly on average the cost of a tank of gas every week to pay for their troubles from pot holes, longer waits in traffic and perilous roads. A national transportation...
South Dakota: Insured Drivers Covered Even If Struck When Pedestrians
Mar 26 2010 // South Dakota Division of Insurance Director Merle Scheiber is warning property/casualty insurers that auto policy forms that restrict the types of motor vehicles for which coverage may apply when an insured is struck as a...
Kentucky Senate Advances Texting While Driving Ban
Mar 26 2010 // A bill seeking to ban people from sending text messages while driving in Kentucky has won approval from the state Senate. The measure would prohibit drivers from writing, sending or reading text messages when their vehicle...
New York Police Agree Driver Error Caused Toyota Crash
Mar 24 2010 // A New York housekeeper who reported that her boss’ Toyota Prius accelerated on its own and wouldn’t brake as she hurtled toward a stone wall apparently had her foot on the gas pedal the entire time, according...
Don’t Let Research Distract From Safe Driving Efforts
Mar 22 2010 // The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that nearly 6,000 people died in 2008 in crashes involving a distracted or inattentive driver, and more than half a million were injured. Many of them were...
Driver Error Possible in New York Prius Crash, Says Safety Agency
Mar 19 2010 // U.S. safety officials believe driver error may be behind the crash in New York of a Toyota Motor Corp. Prius that has been investigated as a possible case of unintended acceleration, federal investigators said...
Allstate to Refund $428K over Missed Discounts for Delaware Drivers
Mar 12 2010 // Allstate will be refund $428,355 to 2,445 Delaware policyholders who had not received discounts on their automobile insurance premiums to which they were lawfully entitled, the state’s insurance commissioner...
Mississippi to Add More Kiosks That Automate Driver’s License Renewals
Mar 12 2010 // Since rolling out seven automated driver’s license renewal kiosks three months ago, the Mississippi Department of Public Safety has begun developing plans to add more throughout the state. “It seems to me that...
South Carolina House Passes $25 Fine for Texting While Driving
Mar 12 2010 // South Carolina motorists who are caught sending or reading text messages while they drive would be fined $25 under legislation that won key House approval this week. With a 98-18 vote, the House gave second reading to a...
South Carolina Not Enforcing Vision Law for Senior Drivers
Mar 10 2010 // Seven years after South Carolina changed the way it required drivers to prove their eyesight is adequate, the state has failed to establish a system of notifying people when they need to take vision tests or track who has...
