Latest Personal Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Personal Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Texas Program Aims to Reduce Car Crashes and Fatalities in Permian Basin
Sep 3 2025 // Workers at the Texas Department of Transportation have begun responding to calls to remove debris and abandoned vehicles from West Texas roads and extinguish vehicle fires. They also change flat tires and jumpstart car...
Uber, Lyft Drop Opposition to California Driver Union Bill
Aug 29 2025 // Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. agreed to back a state-supervised way for California drivers to unionize and collectively bargain on industry-wide pay and benefit guarantees, under a new legislative deal that provides...
US Halts Visas for Truck Drivers After Fatal Florida Crash
Aug 22 2025 // The US will stop issuing worker visas for commercial truck drivers, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday, the latest in a series of Trump administration moves to clamp down on foreign workers. “Effective...
Accusations Fly About Immigration Status of Truck Driver in Fatal Florida Accident
Aug 21 2025 // The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Monday that a truck driver accused of making an illegal U-turn that killed three people in Florida was in the country illegally, fueling a verbal tussle with California Gov....
States Rethink Practice of Setting Speed Limits Based on How Fast Drivers Travel
Aug 20 2025 // Rose Hammond pushed authorities for years to lower the 55 mph speed limit on a two-lane road that passes her assisted living community, a church, two schools and a busy park that hosts numerous youth sports...
Tesla Drivers Can Pursue Class Action Over Self-Driving Claims, Judge Rules
Aug 20 2025 // Tesla must face a certified class action by California drivers who said Elon Musk misled them for eight years about the self-driving capabilities of his company’s electric vehicles. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin said...
Two Men Charged with Staging Car Crashes for Insurance Money in New York City
Aug 1 2025 // Two Brooklyn men have been charged with staging three automobile accidents and then seeking insurance payouts from Allstate Insurance Co. for damages and purported injuries. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced...
Server Says Woman Is Responsible for Own Death for Driving Drunk After Wine Tasting
Jul 31 2025 // A woman who died in a car accident while driving intoxicated after a company-mandated wine tasting was responsible for her own death, lawyers for those who served her wine told a Connecticut court this week. The estate of...
Rental Car Firm Not Responsible for Driver With Ignition Lock Restriction on License
Jul 25 2025 // A car rental company in Connecticut is under no obligation to confirm whether a customer’s driver’s license is subject to any restrictions; rather it is only required to inspect the physical license card to...
New Jersey to Offer Mobile Driver’s Licenses
Jul 24 2025 // Governor Phil Murphy has signed legislation directing the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission to create digital driver’s licenses and digital non-driver identification cards. Digital driver’s licenses, known as...
Trump’s Auto Safety Pick Promises Rapid Self-Driving Deployment
Jul 21 2025 // President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the nation’s top car safety regulator pledged to prioritize safety while at the same time making it easier for automakers to deploy-self driving cars. Jonathan Morrison,...
Geography and Driving Behavior Contribute to High Flood Death Rates in Texas
Jul 15 2025 // Even before the Central Texas floods that killed more than 100 people, the state was by far the leader in U.S. flood deaths due partly to geography that can funnel rainwater into deadly deluges, according to a study...
Nebraska Sues GM Over Alleged Unauthorized Collection of Driving Data
Jul 10 2025 // Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers filed a lawsuit this week alleging General Motors and its telematics service provider OnStar collected driving data without consumers’ knowledge or consent to create driving...
Northeast Cities Ranked Riskiest in National Allstate Driving Report
Jul 10 2025 // The five U.S. cities with the riskiest drivers are all located in the Northeast, according to Allstate’s 2025 America’s Best Drivers Report. The insurer listed Boston as the city where drivers were most likely...
New Hampshire to Offer Mobile Driver’s Licenses
Jul 1 2025 // New Hampshire residents will soon be able to carry an electronic version of their driver’s license in their cell phones or other devices, although they will still have to also keep a physical license on their person...
Why Are Test Dummies Modeled After Men if Women Face More Injury in Car Crashes?
Jun 27 2025 // Maria Weston Kuhn had one lingering question about the car crash that forced her to have emergency surgery during a vacation in Ireland: Why did she and her mother sustain serious injuries while her father and brother, who...
DC Sues 4 Drivers With 1,000 Outstanding Traffic Violations
Jun 25 2025 // A Maryland resident with 414 outstanding traffic citations, including 360 for excessive speeding, is being hauled into court by District of Columbia Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb who is seeking to collect the $168,168...
Man Pleads Guilty to Obtaining Driver’s Licenses for Ineligible Applicants
Jun 20 2025 // A Connecticut man has pleaded guilty to conspiring to obtain driver’s licenses for ineligible applicants, principally illegal aliens, federal prosecutors reported. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Massachusetts...
NHTSA Streamlining Self-Driving Car Exemption Reviews
Jun 16 2025 // The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Friday said it was streamlining reviews of requests filed by automakers seeking to deploy self-driving vehicles without required human controls like steering wheels,...
Class Action: Drivers Sour on Lemonade for Exposing License Numbers
Jun 12 2025 // A new class action lawsuit alleges that digital insurer Lemonade has violated the privacy of as many as 190,000 drivers by exposing license numbers to cybercriminals through its online auto insurance quote platform. The...
