Latest Personal Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Personal Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Uber Fighting California Driver Lawsuit
Jul 10 2015 // Uber is arguing that a lawsuit filed by drivers should not proceed as a class action with the ride service citing statements of support from hundreds of other Uber drivers in a case that could decide whether they are...
Washington Cameras Catch Drivers Illegally Passing School Buses
Jul 9 2015 // A school district in Pierce County, Wash. has issued an average of 30 citations a month since it mounted cameras on school buses last winter to catch drivers illegally passing buses. The News Tribune of Tacoma reported...
Utah Officials Use Playful Highway Signs to Encourage Safe Driving
Jul 8 2015 // Utah state transportation officials are employing playful messages on highway digital signs in the latest attempt to encourage safe driving. The Standard-Examiner newspaper in Ogden reported that the signs say things such...
Stricter Teen Driving Laws Now in Effect in Ohio
Jul 7 2015 // Ohio’s teen drivers under the age of 18 will face tighter restrictions went into effect on July 1, an Ohio insurance trade group reported. According to the Ohio Insurance Institute, the new restrictions focus on...
Safety Experts Warn Smart Car Dashboard Screens Distract Drivers
Jul 7 2015 // When it comes to dashboard displays that are more like smart phones, two things are clear: Customers want them, and automakers are intent on supplying them. But are they really a good idea? Car companies answer with an...
Nevada Governor Wants Officials to Support Self-Driving Cars
Jul 6 2015 // Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval voiced his support for self-driving cars. Sandoval said this month he wants state transportation officials to consider adding support for self-driving cars as part of a multi-million dollar...
Texas Insurance Trade Group: Beware of July 4 Driving
Jul 2 2015 // Traffic records dating back 30 years continually list July 4 as the deadliest day to travel on our roadways, the Insurance Council of Texas reports. With July 4 landing on a Saturday this year, the mix of summer travel,...
N.H. Law Banning Drivers’ Use of Hand-Held Devices Goes Into Effect
Jul 2 2015 // New Hampshire is now the 15th state to bar drivers from using hand-held cellphones while driving. The new “hands-free” law, in effect as of Wednesday, July 1, applies to all hand-held devices, including GPS...
Truck Driver in Deadly Tennessee Crash Cited in Florida Previous Day
Jul 2 2015 // Authorities say a truck driver who slammed into numerous stopped cars outside of Chattanooga, Tenn., last week, killing six, had been cited for careless driving in Florida the previous day. According to a Florida Highway...
Loyalty to Insurer Doesn’t Always Pay Off for Drivers
Jun 30 2015 // When Jonathan G. Stein became unhappy with his long-time car insurance carrier earlier this year, the 41-year-old lawyer from Elk Grove, California switched to a new company. How was he rewarded for his disloyalty after...
16 Year-Old Driver Causes $100K Damage at South Texas Dealership
Jun 29 2015 // A 16-year-old driver has been blamed for a wreck that caused more than $100,000 in damage to new trucks and other property at a Texas dealership. Corpus Christi police say the driver suffered minor injuries in the accident...
Google Offering Railroad Crossings Alerts for Drivers
Jun 29 2015 // Google will add audio and visual alerts to warn drivers about upcoming railroad crossings on Google’s navigation system, the U.S. Federal Railroad Administration announced on Monday. The agency also asked four other...
Two Self-Driving Cars Avoid Collision, Says Passenger
Jun 26 2015 // Two self-driving prototype cars, one operated by Google Inc. and the other by Delphi Automotive Plc, had a close call on a Silicon Valley street earlier this week, a Delphi executive told Reuters on Thursday. It was...
Penn. Advises Rideshare Drivers to Carefully Examine Insurance Coverage
Jun 25 2015 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller is urging potential drivers for rideshare services like Uber and Lyft to consult with their insurance companies to ensure adequate coverage for themselves and...
Fully Self-Driving Cars Still 15 Years Down the Road: Supplier
Jun 25 2015 // The technology to make cars fully autonomous probably won’t be established until at least 2030, according to the top supplier for the world’s biggest automaker. The auto industry will take intermediate steps...
New Worker Classification Needed for Sharing Economy, Uber Drivers
Jun 24 2015 // This question of whether an Uber driver is an employee doesn’t matter just to Uber. As you may have heard, the on-demand car-service juggernaut lost a case early this month before the California Labor Commissioner on...
Most Drivers Mum About Ridesharing, Although Many Agents Ask
Jun 23 2015 // Roughly three quarters of ridesharing drivers don’t have ridesharing insurance, and nearly eight-in-10 conduct their ridesharing activities covertly and keep their insurer or agent in the dark. Two informal polls...
New Mexico Immigrant Driver Licenses Drop to Low Levels
Jun 19 2015 // Records show the number of newly issued driver’s licenses to immigrants in New Mexico has plunged to its lowest level since the state began granting driving privileges to foreign nationals living in the country...
How Ruling That Drivers Are Employees Upends Uber Business Model
Jun 19 2015 // If you’re a freelance writer who occasionally sells articles to a website, are you actually an employee? If you live in California, I think the answer might be — yes? The California Labor commissioner has ruled...
Insurers Unprepared for Self-Driving Car Disruption: KPMG
Jun 18 2015 // The majority of property/casualty insurers do not expect autonomous or self-driving vehicles to have a real impact on their auto insurance business for another decade and have not adjusted their business models to prepare...
