Latest Personal Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Personal Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
DoorDash Expands Driver Savings Pilot Program to Maryland
May 21 2025 // DoorDash said it is expanding its benefits savings program with a new pilot in Maryland for eligible drivers. Expenses covered under this program can include retirement savings, health, dental, and vision insurance, and...
Driverless Trucking Firm Aurora Puts Human Back in Driver’s Seat
May 20 2025 // Driverless vehicle developer Aurora Innovation Inc. is putting a human back in front of the wheel of big rigs operating in Texas, reversing course less than three weeks after the company began commercial autonomous service...
Drivers Keep Shopping
May 19 2025 // Auto insurance rates are finally leveling out, but drivers still continue to shop for better deals. According to a new J.D. Power 2025 U.S. Insurance Shopping Study, the rate of U.S. auto insurance premium price increases...
Distracted Drivers Are Overconfident; 20% Still Texting While Driving
May 19 2025 // Driver overconfidence is leading to risky behavior. Nationwide’s latest driver survey found 20% of drivers text while driving, 15% use social media, 13% watch videos, and 11% read or write emails. Half of all drivers...
California DoorDash Driver Pleads Guilty to Stealing $2.5M in Deliveries Scam
May 16 2025 // A former food delivery driver pleaded guilty to conspiring with others to steal more than $2.5 million from DoorDash by getting the company to pay for deliveries that never occurred, federal prosecutors said. Sayee...
Waymo Recalls 1,200 Self-Driving Vehicles After Minor Collisions
May 14 2025 // Alphabet’s Waymo is recalling more than 1,200 self-driving vehicles to update software and address risks of collisions with chains, gates and other roadway barriers after U.S. auto safety investigators opened a probe...
Miami Linebacker Adarius Hayes Was Driver in Crash That Killed Three, Police Say
May 14 2025 // Miami Hurricanes linebacker Adarius Hayes was one of the drivers in a two-vehicle crash that left three people dead and at least two others injured, police said. The three who died as a result of the crash were all in a...
Tesla Driver Charged in California Attacks Arrested Again for Road Rage in Hawaii
May 12 2025 // A Tesla driver charged with attacking motorists’ vehicles with a pipe in the Los Angeles area has been arrested again for allegedly assaulting two women during a road rage incident in Honolulu. The recent arrest...
Ex-State Trooper Found Guilty of Taking Bribes to Pass Commercial Drivers
May 6 2025 // A former Massachusetts state police sergeant was found guilty Friday of taking part in a scheme to take bribes, including a new snowblower and a driveway, in exchange for giving passing scores on commercial driving...
Driver of Tour Van Involved in Deadly Idaho Crash Was Licensed in California
May 5 2025 // Idaho State Police said the driver of the tour van involved in a deadly collision with a pickup truck was licensed in California and the company that organized the trip was Ctour Holiday LLC, a large tour operator that...
New Survey Shows Company Drivers Overwhelmed and Worried
May 5 2025 // As roads become more dangerous, 70% of company drivers say they worry about being killed or hurt in a collision or held liable for the damages. While 89% of company drivers rate their driving as good or excellent, less...
JD Power: Drivers Keep Shopping Even as Auto Insurance Price Increases Slow
May 2 2025 // Even as auto insurance rates level out, drivers are still looking for a better deal. The rate of U.S. auto insurance premium price increases slowed to less than 2% at the end of 2024, down from 13% at the beginning of the...
California Proposes Allowing Testing of Self-Driving Heavy-Duty Trucks
Apr 29 2025 // California regulators have released a new proposal to allow the testing of self-driving heavy duty trucks on public roads. The state’s Department of Motor Vehicles announced proposed regulations last week to allow...
Distracted Drivers Are Overconfident; 20% Still Texting While Driving
Apr 24 2025 // Driver overconfidence is leading to risky behavior. Nationwide’s latest driver survey found 20% of drivers text while driving, 15% use social media, 13% watch videos, and 11% read or write emails. Half of all drivers...
Class Action Accuses Toyota of Illegally Sharing Drivers’ Data With Progressive
Apr 23 2025 // A federal class action lawsuit filed this week in Texas accused Toyota and an affiliated telematics aggregator of unlawfully collecting drivers’ information and then selling that data to Progressive. The lawsuit...
New Survey Shows Company Drivers Overwhelmed and Worried
Apr 22 2025 // As roads become more dangerous, 70% of company drivers say they worry about being killed or hurt in a collision or held liable for the damages. While 89% of company drivers rate their driving as good or excellent, less...
Insurance Research Council Finds Personal Auto Insurance Affordability Better Than in the 2000s
Apr 21 2025 // According to a new report from the Insurance Research Council, auto insurance is more affordable now than at the start of the 21st century. The IRC, an affiliate of The Institutes, concluded that the average expenditure...
Supreme Court: Truck Driver Can Seek Treble Damages Over THC in CBD Product
Apr 21 2025 // The Supreme Court on April 2 sided with a truck driver who wants to sue for triple damages over a CBD hemp product he said was falsely advertised as being free from marijuana’s active ingredient and resulted in him...
Virginia Will Require Speed Limiting Devices on Reckless Drivers’ Cars
Apr 21 2025 // Virginia now has a law on the books that will require that cars of reckless drivers be equipped with technology that prohibits them from exceeding speed limits. The new law (HB2096), which will not be effective until July...
China Bans ‘Smart’ and ‘Autonomous’ Driving Terms From Vehicle Ads
Apr 17 2025 // China is banning automakers from using the terms “smart driving” and “autonomous driving” when they advertise driving assistance features, and will tighten rules around such technology upgrades, the...
