Latest Personal Auto Headlines
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Florida Court Overturns $12 Million Drunk Driving Verdict Against School
Feb 12 2010 // A Florida appeals court has reversed a $12 million verdict against a Miami archdiocesan high school previously found liable for the injuries of a student who survived a drunken driving crash. Archbishop Coleman F. Carroll...
South Carolina Considers Ban on Cell Phone Use by Teen Drivers
Feb 11 2010 // South Carolina senators are considering banning teens under 18 from driving while holding a cell phone to their ear. A Senate Judiciary subcommittee was set to debate the bill this week. It is among six bills in the...
Iowa House Panel Backs Ban on Texting While Driving
Feb 11 2010 // An Iowa House of Representatives committee has approved a limited ban on motorists using their cell phones to send text messages while motoring down the highway. Republican Rep. Dave Tjepkes, a retired Iowa State Patrol...
Manhattan, Kansas, Lawmakers Vote to Ban Driving With Cell Phones
Feb 8 2010 // The days of drivers with a cell phone to their ear could be coming to an end in Manhattan, Kan., this summer. City commissioners have unanimously approved a ban on handheld phones night, the ban to take effect July...
State Bans on Phoning While Driving Fail to Reduce Crashes
Feb 7 2010 // As state legislators across the United States enact laws that ban phoning and/or texting while driving, a new study finds no reductions in crashes after hand-held phone bans take effect. Comparing insurance claims for...
Connecticut Governor Proposes Stricter Cell Phone Laws for Drivers
Feb 3 2010 // Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell has announced she will propose stronger enforcement of the state’s 2005 law barring hand-held cell phones while driving. In a statement Saturday, Rell said she will submit legislation...
Study: Distracted Driving Laws Don’t Stop Crashes
Feb 2 2010 // A new insurance industry study has found that state laws banning the use of handheld devices to make calls or send text messages while driving have not resulted in fewer vehicle crashes. The study, released Friday by the...
South Carolina Bans Texting for Some Workers Driving State Cars
Feb 1 2010 // South Carolina’s public safety and transportation departments have banned their employees from texting while driving state vehicles. Transportation Secretary Buck Limehouse and Public Safety Director Mark Keel say...
Mississippi High Court Orders New Trial on Drunk Driving Charge
Jan 28 2010 // The Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled that Mary Reed Evans is entitled to present evidence in an effort to disprove prosecutors’ contention that her blood alcohol level was over the legal limit at the time she was...
Michigan Senate Follows House, OKs Ban on Texting While Driving
Jan 28 2010 // Michigan lawmakers took a key step this week toward prohibiting the use of cell phones to send or read text messages while driving, but some say the measure is watered down and wouldn’t do enough to crack down on...
CSE Sponsors Essay Contest To Promote Driver Safety
Jan 27 2010 // San Francisco-based Civil Service Employees Insurance Group (CSE Insurance) has launched the 2010 CSE Youth Scholarship Program, an annual essay competition designed to promote awareness of driver safety among young...
U.S. Bans Texting by Drivers of Large Trucks, Buses
Jan 26 2010 // The U.S. government Tuesday banned hand-held “texting” by drivers of large commercial trucks and buses to avoid the danger of distracted driving. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in a statement the...
Oklahoma Governor Bans State Workers from Texting While Driving
Jan 26 2010 // Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry signed an executive order banning state employees from texting while driving on state business. State Sen. Debbe Leftwich applauds the move but wants to take it a little further by prohibiting...
West Virginians Producing Film on Dangers of Texting While Driving
Jan 22 2010 // Several young adults from West Virginia are starring in a new educational film on the dangers of distracted driving that is to be released this spring. Charleston, West Virginia-based MotionMasters is producing the film,...
Rhode Island Lawmaker Wants to Ban Phone Use while Driving
Jan 22 2010 // A Rhode Island lawmaker is renewing his push to ban drivers from using hand-held cell phones while behind the wheel. Pawtucket Democrat Peter Kilmartin introduced a bill Tuesday that bans drivers and bicyclists from using...
Alabama House Passes Ban on Driver Texting
Jan 15 2010 // The Alabama Legislature has taken the first step toward banning drivers from sending or writing a text message while operating a vehicle on a public road. The House Public Safety Committee approved a bill this week that...
New Jersey Drunken Driver Ignition Lock Bill Approved
Jan 15 2010 // Some first-time drunken drivers will have to install ignition interlock devices under legislation approved by both houses of the New Jersey Legislature. The Assembly and Senate both overwhelmingly passed the bill on...
Alabama Lawmakers Favor Ban on Driver Texting: Poll
Jan 8 2010 // State Rep. Ken Guin says Alabama needs to ban people from text messaging while driving a motor vehicle, and a recent experience with a driver swerving “all over the road” is a reason why. “I started to...
Idaho Schools Among Driving Safety Grant Winners
Jan 4 2010 // Students at two high schools in southwestern Idaho are getting grants to launch campaigns aimed at preventing reckless teen driving. State Farm Insurance says Melba High School and Kuna High School are among the 20 schools...
Car Insurance Premiums to Rise for Many Louisiana Drivers
Dec 31 2009 // A law that goes into effect Jan. 1, 2010, increasing the required minimum liability auto insurance coverage is expected to increase insurance rates for more than 1 million Louisiana motorists. Though the change was...
