Latest Auto Headlines
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House Unanimously Passes Bill to Ease Deployment of Self-Driving Cars
Sep 6 2017 // The U.S. House on Wednesday unanimously approved a sweeping proposal to speed the deployment of self-driving cars without human controls and bar states from blocking autonomous vehicles. The bill now goes to the Senate and...
State Auto Names Garland, Sr. VP – Commercial; Berkey Sr. VP – Personal Lines
Sep 6 2017 // State Auto Financial Corp., based in Columbus, Ohio, has named Kim B. Garland as senior vice president, commercial lines; and Jason E. Berkey as senior vice president, personal lines. Garland joined the company as senior...
Feds Say Brake Problems Preceded Derailment in Pennsylvania
Sep 4 2017 // Crews encountered air brake problems before a 178-car freight train derailed in Pennsylvania in early August, causing hazardous material to ignite and forcing nearby residents to evacuate, federal investigators said. The...
Breaking the Silence: Cyber Physical Cat Models Emerging
Sep 4 2017 // A frightened truck driver dodging a barrage of bullets fired from the assault rifles of a drug-smuggling criminal gang doesn’t seem like the obvious description of the final stages of a cyber attack. But the...
PEMCO Insurance Launching Rideshare Driver Endorsement in Oregon
Aug 31 2017 // Seattle-based PEMCO Insurance announced it is introducing its auto policy endorsement for rideshare drivers in Oregon on Sept. 1. The company said the endorsement enhances personal auto policies for rideshare drivers,...
Robot-Car Drives in Berlin Traffic Like Nervous Teenager with Learner’s Permit
Aug 31 2017 // On a test route in Berlin traffic, an experimental Jeep Grand Cherokee slams on its brakes every few hundred yards, like a nervous teenager with a learner’s permit. In a sense, that’s exactly what the robo-car...
Massachusetts Man Arrested for Allegedly Running Motor Vehicle Theft Scheme
Aug 31 2017 // An Avon, Mass., man has been arrested and arraigned in connection with allegedly running a major motor vehicle theft scheme. Authorities arrested Jose Sostre on Tuesday in Avon. Following his arrest, Sostre was arraigned...
Update: Claims Teams Begin Handling Onslaught of Harvey Claims
Aug 31 2017 // Hurricane Harvey has set a U.S record, according to the National Weather Service, dumping 51.88 inches of rain in parts of Texas. As the tropical storm moves over southern Louisiana, claims catastrophe teams are moving in...
Connecticut Man Sentenced for Role in Car Insurance Fraud Scheme
Aug 30 2017 // A Connecticut man originally from Haiti has been sentenced for his role in a scheme to defraud insurance companies through staged car crashes. Jacques Fleurijeune was sentenced Monday in federal court in New Haven, Conn.,...
Two Delaware Residents Indicted After Insurance Fraud Investigation
Aug 30 2017 // After an investigation by the Department of Insurance Fraud Prevention Bureau, two Wilmington, Del., residents were indicted on Monday, August 7, 2017, by a New Castle County grand jury. Lisa Mitchell and Robert Jones were...
Dreams Come True with Hagerty Insurance-Backed Classic Car Sharing Service
Aug 25 2017 // Many Americans dream of driving fabulous, unique, vintage cars. The vast majority of Americans never get to actually do it. Sure, we see them around—I live in Brooklyn and I don’t own a car, but as I walk around my...
Studies Show Automated Car Safety Technologies Are Preventing Crashes
Aug 25 2017 // Safety systems to prevent cars from drifting into another lane or that warn drivers of vehicles in their blind spots are beginning to live up to their potential to significantly reduce crashes, according to two studies...
Suspect in Florida Auto Theft Arrested After Stopping to Watch Eclipse
Aug 25 2017 // Authorities in Florida say an auto theft suspect who wanted to watch the moon blot out the sun instead has a blot on his record. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said on its Facebook page that Jocsan Rosado was...
Georgia Truck Driver Gets 2 Years in Prison for Crash That Killed 5
Aug 25 2017 // A Georgia truck driver has been sentenced to prison in a 2015 highway collision that killed five people after the trucker fell asleep at the wheel. A State Court judge in Savannah sentenced 61-year-old David Jerald Gibbons...
Regulators Under Pressure to Develop Rules of Road Minus Drivers
Aug 24 2017 // When the U.S. government finally got around to regulating auto safety in 1967, it insisted that every car have seat belts and that the steering column be engineered to absorb impact so it wouldn’t spear the...
Feds Say Brake Problems Preceded Derailment in Pennsylvania
Aug 23 2017 // Crews encountered air brake problems before a 178-car freight train derailed in Pennsylvania earlier this month, causing hazardous material to ignite and forcing nearby residents to evacuate, federal investigators...
Chlorine Tank Ruptured by Stolen Car Kills 2 in Mississippi
Aug 23 2017 // County officials in Mississippi say a toxic cloud of chlorine was released when a stolen car crashed into a utility station and killed two passengers. WLOX-TV reports Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson says the BMW...
Texas Researchers Testing System that May Help Prevent Wrong-Way Driving
Aug 22 2017 // Kevin Balke turned his SUV southeastward, checked his instruments and confirmed he was ready. Nearly a mile of concrete stood before him with plenty of room to run, but he wouldn’t need all of it to prove his point...
Europe’s Cities Resist Use of Security Infrastructure Despite Vehicle Terror Attacks
Aug 22 2017 // Europe has experienced around a dozen cases of drivers using a car or truck to plow into pedestrians like last week’s attack in Barcelona, but cities have not rushed to mitigate the risks by changing their...
Semi-Truck Crashes Prompt Review of Kentucky Interstate
Aug 21 2017 // A series of accidents involving semi-trucks on the interstate has prompted a review from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. The Courier-Journal reports the agency will review ramps and roadways following accidents in...
