Latest Personal Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Personal Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Marsh Signs Deal with UDrive Solutions for Driver, Motor Fleet Products
Nov 30 2009 // Marsh announced that it has reached an agreement with UDrive Solutions to offer its comprehensive range of driver and fleet assurance products on an exclusive basis, to Marsh’s clients, initially in the UK. Marsh...
New Mexico Drivers Warned About Winter
Nov 30 2009 // The New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management is urging New Mexico drivers to be prepared for winter conditions by putting together an emergency kit. Department Secretary John Wheeler says kits...
Massachusetts Elderly Driver Bill Stalls on Beacon Hill
Nov 23 2009 // A bill that would require Massachusetts drivers age 75 or older to pass cognitive and physical exams every time they renew their licenses has stalled on Beacon Hill. The legislation gained momentum this summer after a...
Tour Bus Crashes in Minnesota; Company Says Driver Had Aneurysm
Nov 20 2009 // A tour bus driver suffered a ruptured aneurysm before a crash on a southern Minnesota interstate that killed two people and injured 21 others. That’s according to a spokesman for Strain Bus Line, the company that...
Gov. Crist Urges Florida Lawmakers to Ban Texting While Driving
Nov 19 2009 // Gov. Charlie Crist has urged Florida lawmakers to ban texting while driving. Crist this week asked Julie Jones, executive director of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, to include such a measure in her...
Main Street America Launches Personal Lines System in Michigan
Nov 18 2009 // The Main Street America Group has introduced its new Main Street Connection for Personal Lines quoting and policy issuance system in Michigan. The super regional’s independent insurance agents now have 24/7 access to...
Rhode Island, New York Latest States to See Texting-While-Driving Bans
Nov 15 2009 // New Yorkers: Put the BlackBerry away if you’re behind the wheel. New York’s law against texting-while-driving went into effect this month. The new law forbids the use of mobile devices for reading, typing and...
New York Insurers Say No-Fault Claims Are Driving Up Costs
Nov 15 2009 // No-fault payments for medical claims by auto accident victims in New York have seen a dramatic increase over the last several years, one industry group says, and the state and insurers must redouble efforts to root out...
New York Insurers Say No-Fault Claims are Driving Up Costs
Nov 6 2009 // No-fault payments for medical claims by auto accident victims in New York have seen a dramatic increase over the last several years, one industry group says, and the state and insurance companies need to redouble efforts...
Michigan Driver Sues, Claims UPS Fired Her For Refusing Drug Delivery
Nov 4 2009 // A former United Parcel Services driver in Michigan who claims he was fired for refusing to deliver a package containing marijuana has filed a lawsuit against the delivery company. Forty-one-year-old Steven Mojica of...
West Virginia Seeks Funds to Boost Effort to Ban Distracted Driving
Nov 4 2009 // West Virginia’s lawmakers have tried and failed to ban texting and talking on cell phones, but that effort may get a new boost from Washington. Sen. Jay Rockefeller wants grant money for states that ban texting while...
New York Ban on Texting-while-Driving Takes Effect
Nov 3 2009 // New Yorkers: Put the BlackBerry away if you’re behind the wheel. New York’s law against texting while driving went into effect Sunday. The new law forbids the use of mobile devices for reading, typing and...
Rhode Island House Approves Texting-while-Driving Ban
Nov 2 2009 // A proposal to ban Rhode Islanders from texting while driving is one step closer to becoming law. The state House of Representatives on Thursday approved legislation that would bar drivers from sending, writing or reading a...
Pressure Builds for More States to Ban Cell Phone Use While Driving
Nov 1 2009 // The Obama administration reported that nearly 6,000 people were killed and a half-million injured last year in vehicle crashes connected to driver distraction, a striking indication of the dangers of using mobile devices...
Montana Among States to Accuse FedEx of Misclassifying Drivers
Nov 1 2009 // Three states said they plan to sue FedEx Corp., accusing the second-largest U.S. package delivery company of violating labor laws by illegally classifying drivers as independent contractors rather than employees to save...
California Car Crash Ring Broken Up
Oct 30 2009 // California’s Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced that a year-long investigation by California Department of Insurance detectives has resulted in eight arrests and the dismantling of a staged automobile...
States and Cell Phone Driving Laws
Oct 27 2009 // A jurisdiction-wide ban on driving while talking on a hand-held cell phone is in place in 7 states (California, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Utah, and Washington) and the District of Columbia. California and...
3 States Accuse FedEx of Misclassifying Drivers as Independent Contractors
Oct 21 2009 // Three states said Tuesday they plan to sue FedEx Corp., accusing the second-largest U.S. package delivery company of violating labor laws by illegally classifying drivers as independent contractors rather than employees to...
Ohio County Bans Texting While Driving
Oct 21 2009 // The county that includes Akron has become the latest area in Ohio to ban text messaging while driving. The measure approved by the Summit County Council carries $150 fines for violators caught reading or sending text...
New Jersey to Penalize Drivers for Ice and Snow Left on Vehicles
Oct 20 2009 // New Jeresy Gov. Jon Corzine has signed into law a bill that requires all drivers in the state to make reasonable efforts to remove ice and snow from their vehicles. The bill allows police to stop vehicles they believe pose...
