Latest Personal Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Personal Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New Indiana Laws Include Teen Driver Cell Phone Ban
Jun 29 2009 // Indiana drivers under age 18 will soon be breaking the law if they use a cell phone while driving, as will school bus drivers who fail to make sure all students are off the bus at the end of their routes. The new laws,...
Car Insurance Mandate in Wisconsin Budget; No Driver’s Card for Illegals
Jun 29 2009 // Wisconsin drivers would have to buy liability insurance for their vehicles but illegal immigrants would not be issued special cards so they could drive legally on the state’s roads under the state budget poised to...
New West Virginia Laws to Restrict Teen Drivers
Jun 26 2009 // Beginning drivers in West Virginia will soon face new restrictions ranging from when they can be out to when they can be pulled over. Although the new rules won’t go into effect until July 10, Division of Motor...
Groups Lobby for Wisconsin Driver’s Card for Immigrants
Jun 24 2009 // Allowing illegal immigrants to qualify for special driver’s cards would make the roads safer, reduce insurance rates and generate much-needed revenue for state government, supporters of the proposal said. Supporters...
North Carolina Bans Texting While Driving
Jun 23 2009 // North Carolina has become the seventh state to pass a ban this year on texting while driving. So how did Gov. Beverly Perdue get the word out? She had an aide send a text message announcing the governor has signed the ban...
Delaware City Considering Phone Ban for Drivers
Jun 22 2009 // The Wilmington, Delaware City Council is considering a cell phone ban for drivers. The bill introduced Thursday would ban the use of hand-held phones while driving. Councilman Michael Brown believes the issue of safety...
Massachusetts Pike Drivers See Increase in Tickets
Jun 1 2009 // An anti-toll activist is criticizing a sharp increase in the number of speeding tickets being handed out by state troopers along the Massachusetts Turnpike. The Boston Herald reported Wednesday that the number of speeding...
Wisconsin Proposal to Increase Driver Liability Coverage Still Being Evaluated
May 29 2009 // Wisconsin Republicans have failed in an attempt to remove a budget provision they say will cause car insurance rates to increase in the state. The proposal, submitted by Gov. Jim Doyle, proposes to increase the minimum...
Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Traffic Stop of Drunk Driver
May 28 2009 // The Wisconsin Supreme Court says police were within their rights to pull over a drunken driver whose vehicle briefly crossed the center line. The case involves Michael Popke, who was stopped in 2007 in New London after an...
Massachusetts Senate Budget Bans Texting while Driving
May 26 2009 // The Massachusetts Senate approved an amendment banning all Internet use while driving as part of its version of the state’s upcoming budget. Drivers would be banned from sending text messages, e-mailing or reading...
Actor Freeman Sued Over Mississippi Car Crash
May 26 2009 // Attorneys for Morgan Freeman have until July 6 to respond to a lawsuit filed by the woman who was with the actor the night of a car crash last August. Demaris Meyer has sued Freeman for negligence. The lawsuit against the...
Poll: Older Drivers More Savvy About Traffic Laws
May 26 2009 // Are Washington drivers so polite that it causes traffic issues? That’s the question tackled by a recent poll by Pemco Insurance, examining whether drivers have a solid understanding of the laws governing four-way...
Plymouth Rock Offers Reminder Service for Massachusetts Drivers
May 20 2009 // Boston-based auto insurer Plymouth Rock Assurance has launched a new program that will allow any Massachusetts driver to receive free e-mail reminders 30 days before their license renewals, registration renewals and annual...
Oklahoma Readies Uninsured Driver System for Memorial Day Weekend
May 19 2009 // The Oklahoma Highway Patrol could be using the state’s electronic insurance verification system in time for the Memorial Day weekend travel rush. The system will be able to instantly verify whether a driver is...
New DVD Shows Dangers of Texting and Driving
May 14 2009 // Texting while driving is now a crime in Utah. And for those who don’t know it, a new public-service DVD about an accident that killed two people when a driver who was texting collided with another vehicle will serve...
Texas Senate Passes Driver Education Bill
May 14 2009 // Drivers in Texas over the age of 18 but younger than 21 would have to take a driver’s education course before they could get a license, under a bill approved by the state Senate. Currently in the state, an adult...
Tennessee House Votes Down Law Against Aggressive Driving
May 6 2009 // The Tennessee House has rejected a bill that would have made aggressive driving in the state against the law. “One of the biggest problems on the roadway today is aggressive driving,” said Rep. Eric Swafford,...
Crime Warp: Recession Driving a Rise in Vehicle Give-Ups
May 4 2009 // As America’s economy slogs through this once-in-a-generation recession, stressed-out consumers are literally being driven to desperation. Growing numbers of drivers are illegally dumping their vehicles for insurance...
Florida Bills Limiting Cell Phone Use By Drivers Hit Dead End
Apr 29 2009 // Several bills that would have restricted drivers who talk or text message on their cell phones appear to be headed toward a dead end in the Florida Legislature. The bills would have banned drivers from sending text...
Missouri Senate Scales Back Uninsured Driver Crackdown
Apr 23 2009 // Missouri senators have scaled back an effort to force people to get car insurance by limiting how much uninsured drivers could collect in court. A bill increasing the penalty for creating a fake insurance card received...
