Latest Personal Auto Headlines
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For Vermont Police, Checking for Pot-Impaired Drivers Is Work in Progress
Oct 21 2015 // It’s common knowledge that driving with blood alcohol content higher than .08 violates the law. But with marijuana, things are a lot more hazy. As Vermont and other states consider following the lead of Colorado and...
Penn. Reminds Drivers: Insurers Can’t Add Surcharge for Deer-Related Crash
Oct 20 2015 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller is reminding drivers that their insurance company cannot add a surcharge to their auto premium for a crash involving a deer. The commissioner also urged drivers to be alert...
South Carolina Bar Ordered to Pay $3.85M for Serving Drunk Driver
Oct 19 2015 // A Richland, South Carolina jury has ruled that a local bar owes $3.85 million in a negligence verdict issued in connection with the bar’s role in serving liquor to a drunken man who later was in a wreck that killed a...
4 N.J. Residents Charged With Staging Car Crash, Seeking Insurance Payouts
Oct 19 2015 // A Union County, New Jersey, man and three others were indicted on Oct. 14 for allegedly orchestrating a staged auto accident in Paterson, New Jersey, in 2012 and later seeking more than $48,000 in medical payouts from his...
California Commissioner OKs Metlife Ridesharing Insurance for Lyft Drivers
Oct 19 2015 // Lyft drivers have a new ridesharing insurance option covering all three ridesharing periods. Those changes came to light earlier this month with the introduction of a new product, approved by Insurance Commissioner Dave...
New Mexico Immigrant Driver’s License Repeal Won’t Pass, Says Legislator
Oct 16 2015 // Senate Majority Leader Michael Sanchez says any GOP-sponsored bill aimed at repealing New Mexico’s immigrant driver’s license law won’t make it to the Senate floor next session. Again. One of...
California Commissioner OKs Metlife Ridesharing Insurance for Lyft Drivers
Oct 12 2015 // Lyft drivers have a new ridesharing insurance option covering all three ridesharing periods and offering liability coverage with the option to add additional coverages. Those changes came to light on Monday with the...
What’s Driving Surplus Lines Insurance Growth?
Oct 12 2015 // Times are good for surplus lines professionals. The surplus lines industry reached new heights in 2014, growing direct premium written (DPW) in 2014 to $40.2 billion – the highest point in history, reports A.M....
Michigan Drivers May Soon Show Proof of Insurance on Phone
Oct 9 2015 // Michigan drivers pulled over by the police will be able to show proof of their auto insurance on a phone or another mobile device instead of having to provide a hard copy under legislation signed by Gov. Rick Snyder. The...
New Car Safety Features Can Be ‘Turn-Off’ for Confused Drivers
Oct 9 2015 // Many Americans buying new cars these days are baffled by a torrent of new safety technology. Some features will automatically turn a car back into its lane if it begins to drift, or hit the brakes if sensors detect that...
Massachusetts Considers Ban on Handheld Cellphone Use While Driving
Oct 8 2015 // Families of those killed in distracted driving accidents are asking Massachusetts lawmakers to back legislation that would require drivers to use hand-free phones in the state. Foxborough, Massachusetts, resident Jerry...
Drivers Not Ready for Autonomous Parking: AAA
Oct 5 2015 // Despite an array of newfangled self-parking features that are being introduced in vehicles, Americans are not ready to give up control. Only one-in-four Americans would trust this technology to park their vehicle,...
Kentucky Considering Roadside Drug Tests for Drivers
Oct 5 2015 // The Kentucky Office of Highway Safety is working with local county officials to evaluate a roadside drug test that could help police address the growing number of drivers who are high behind the wheel. The agency and...
Michigan Bill Enabling Drivers to Show Police Insurance on Phone OK’d
Oct 2 2015 // Drivers pulled over by the police in Michigan will be able to show proof of their auto insurance on a phone or another mobile device instead of having to provide a hard copy under legislation going to Gov. Rick Snyder for...
London to Curb Uber with Driver Tests, Stricter Insurance Requirements
Sep 30 2015 // Uber Technologies Inc. faces curbs on its expansion in the U.K. after London Mayor Boris Johnson’s transport regulator proposed that drivers of private-hire minicabs should face English-language and navigational...
U.S. Missing Life-Saving Opportunity of Driver Assistance Technologies
Sep 30 2015 // New auto safety technologies such as automatic braking and sensors that keep a car in its lane could prevent almost 10,000 U.S. road deaths a year and save $251 billion if they were more widely available, according to a...
Mississippi Drivers Warned to Slow Down as Deer Season Begins
Sep 30 2015 // Mississippi has the eighth highest rate of collisions with deer. Mississippi Highway Patrol Sgt. Criss Turnipseed tells The Commercial Dispatch there were 3,438 vehicle collisions with deer in the state last...
Rhode Island Attorney General Urges Teens to Not Text While Driving
Sep 29 2015 // Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Kilmartin is urging teenage drivers to not use their cell phones while driving as part of the fourth annual “It Can Wait” campaign in the state. Kilmartin kicked off this...
Zurich Joins CityMobil2 to Test Automated Self-driving Buses in Europe
Sep 25 2015 // Zurich Insurance Group announced that it has been selected as the insurance associate to CityMobil2, an EU-funded research project that is staging tests of automated road transport systems with self-driving buses across...
Kentucky Considering Roadside Drug Tests for Drivers
Sep 25 2015 // The Kentucky Office of Highway Safety is working with local county officials to evaluate a roadside drug test that could help police address the growing number of drivers who are high behind the wheel. The agency and...
