Latest Personal Auto Headlines
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Study Says New Haven Leads State in Distracted Driving Crashes
Sep 27 2018 // New Haven and Hartford, Conn., lead the state in distracted driving accidents, according to a new study. The Travelers Institute and the Connecticut Safety Research Center say between 2015 and the first half of 2018 there...
Florida Auto Shop Suffers $800k in Damage After Car Crashes Into It, Causes Fire
Sep 27 2018 // Fire officials say a Florida auto shop erupted in flames when a vehicle crashed into it. Tampa Fire Rescue reports multiple people called 911 early Saturday morning to report the fire at a Havoline Express Lube shop. The...
Decision in Uber Employee vs. Contractor Suit Cuts Driver Bargaining Power
Sep 25 2018 // Uber drivers seeking pay and benefits like those employees get were handed a big defeat by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday. A panel of court justices ruled that drivers must go through arbitration and could not...
Uber Drivers Lose Key Ruling in Pay and Benefits Suit
Sep 25 2018 // Uber Technologies Inc. drivers suffered a major defeat in one of the gig economy’s most closely watched labor fights with a ruling barring hundreds of thousands of drivers from suing as a group for better pay and...
Mississippi Urges Drivers to Watch for Road Workers After Multiple Incidents
Sep 24 2018 // State transportation officials are urging drivers to be more careful in work zones after six road workers were hit on job sites last week. WLBT-TV reports three workers were treated for injuries after a produce truck...
Arizona Uber Driver Suing NFL Quarterback in Groping Incident
Sep 20 2018 // A female Uber driver in Arizona is suing Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston, accusing him of sexual assault. Court documents say the woman filed the suit in Arizona this week and is seeking more than $75,000...
Americans’ Interest in Self-Driving Cars Goes in Reverse
Sep 19 2018 // Less than half of Americans (43 percent) are interested in utilizing self-driving cars, down from 53 percent last year. According to an annual sharing economy index by Allianz Global Assistance, the lack of interest is...
Drivers of Marsh & McLennan-JLT Deal: Too Much Capital, Not Enough Growth – Opinion
Sep 19 2018 // Too much capital and not enough growth. Faced with this ailment, the insurance sector is reaching for a costly remedy — M&A. Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. Tuesday became the latest [insurance industry participant]*...
Oklahoma Agencies Seeking to Curb Teens’ Distracted Driving
Sep 17 2018 // Several state agencies in Oklahoma, including the insurance department, are working together on an initiative to curtail distracted driving among teenagers. Oklahoma law bans texting and driving but despite that,...
Allstate: Brownsville, Texas, Has the Nation’s Safest Drivers
Sep 17 2018 // Illinois-based insurer, Allstate, has named Brownsville, Texas, the city with America’s safest drivers. In fact, including Brownsville, five of the top 10 cities with the nation’s safest drivers are in...
Tesla Driver in California Blames Autopilot for Firetruck Crash, Arrested for DUI
Sep 17 2018 // Authorities say a Tesla driver, who said he thought his car was in Autopilot mode, crashed into the back of a firetruck in San Jose. The California Highway Patrol says the Tesla rear-ended a fire engine that was stopped...
Volvo Offers Self-Driving Truck with No Cab as Way to Address Shortage of Drivers
Sep 13 2018 // Sweden’s Volvo, the world’s second-biggest truck maker, presented a new self-driving electric truck on Wednesday, which it said should help respond to the boom in e-commerce and a shortage of freight...
Suit: Uber Saved $500M a Year by Misclassifying California Drivers as Independent Contractors
Sep 12 2018 // Uber Technologies Inc. may be saving more than $500 million a year by misclassifying its California drivers as independent contractors, according to a lawsuit that claims the ride-hailing company is flouting a ruling by...
Arizona City Not Waiting for Statewide Ban on Cellphone Use By Drivers
Sep 11 2018 // A new law banning the use of cellphones while driving went into effect in a Phoenix suburb this month, making it the latest city to attempt regulation rather than wait for a state effort. Surprise officials put an...
Curbing Teens’ Distracted Driving Focus of Oklahoma Initiative
Sep 10 2018 // Several state agencies in Oklahoma, including the insurance department, are working together on an initiative to curtail distracted driving among teenagers. Oklahoma law bans texting and driving but despite that,...
Rideshare Firms Eye New Safety Measures for Riders, Drivers
Sep 10 2018 // If you sit in an Uber car for too long, the ride-hailing company plans to check up on you to make sure all is OK. That’s one of several new features Uber Technologies Inc. unveiled on Wednesday meant to make trips...
Visits to Intensive Care Unit and Morgue May Boost Teens’ Driver Education
Sep 6 2018 // Teens who took a supplemental drivers’ education program — including tours of emergency rooms, intensive care units and a morgue — showed greater awareness of the consequences of risky driving and of how they can...
Allstate Says Brownsville, Texas, Has the Nation’s Safest Drivers
Aug 30 2018 // Illinois-based insurer, Allstate, has named Brownsville, Texas, the city with America’s safest drivers. The ranking is based on Allstate claims data. The 14th annual Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report...
Tesla Driver in California Blames Autopilot for Firetruck Crash, Arrested for DUI
Aug 28 2018 // Authorities say a Tesla driver, who said he thought his car was in Autopilot mode, crashed into the back of a firetruck in San Jose. The California Highway Patrol says the Tesla rear-ended a fire engine that was stopped...
North Carolina Suspends Printing of Driver’s Licenses Due to Card Errors
Aug 28 2018 // The North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles has suspended the printing of new driver’s licenses after people noticed errors on new cards. The News & Observer reports the DMV has asked contractor IDEMIA to stop...
