Latest Personal Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Personal Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Cab Driver’s Family Not Entitled to Uninsured Motorist Coverage in Carjacking
Oct 17 2008 // The estate of a cab driver who was killed during a carjacking is not entitled to uninsured motorist coverage benefits because the carjacker was not considered an “operator” of the cab, the Court of Appeals of...
Fines for No Insurance Included in $815M Texas Drivers Owe State
Oct 13 2008 // Nearly one million Texas motorists owe a combined $815 million for violations such as a driving while intoxicated and failure to have insurance, and the state wants them to start paying up. The Texas Department of Public...
Florida Web Site to Help Teen Drivers
Oct 8 2008 // Teenage drivers can now share their own safety tips and experiences behind the wheel with other teens across Florida. The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles says the site, TakeTheWheel.net, was created...
New York Governor Vetoes Bill to Give Benefits to Drunk Drivers
Oct 6 2008 // New York Gov. David Paterson has vetoed legislation to extend no-fault insurance benefits to drunk drivers. The bill, S.8294-A, would have repealed New York’s Alcohol Exclusion law, which allows insurance companies...
Very Drunk Rhode Island Driver Pleads No Contest
Oct 6 2008 // The Rhode Island man who state police said had a blood alcohol level more than six times the legal limit when he was arrested in July has pleaded no contest to drunken driving. As part of a plea deal, Stanley Kobierowski...
Texas Rolls Out Insured Driver Database Statewide
Oct 3 2008 // TexasSure, the vehicle insurance verification database designed to reduce the number of uninsured motorists in Texas, is now available to law enforcement statewide, the Texas Department of Public Safety reported. TexasSure...
Allstate Launches Brain Fitness Program to Improve Older Driver Safety
Oct 1 2008 // Allstate today announced it is launching a groundbreaking brain fitness software program, InSight(TM). Examining the latest advance in driving safety, Allstate believes this innovative program has the potential to improve...
Michigan Doctors Back Bills to Report Unfit Drivers
Sep 29 2008 // Dr. Paul Cullis of Michigan says most patients who have had seizures or blackouts get the message loud and clear: Don’t drive for six months. But some get behind the wheel anyway, not waiting to see if their...
California Bans Texting While Driving
Sep 25 2008 // California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger reinforced his commitment to keeping California’s roads safe by signing legislation that prohibits drivers from using text messaging devices while operating a motor...
Should States Raise Driving Age?
Sep 22 2008 // Taking aim at a longstanding rite of passage for 16-year-olds, an influential auto safety group is calling on states to raise the age for getting a driver’s license to 17 or even 18. Adrian Lund, president of the...
State Official Says Raising Minimum Age for Drivers Not Popular in S. D.
Sep 12 2008 // Balancing the need to drive and the need for safety is a tough call for South Dakota lawmakers, says state Rep. Garry Moore. But he says a call to raise the minimum age for driver’s licenses has never been warmly...
North Carolina Insured Drivers to See Rate Decrease of 16.1%
Sep 11 2008 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long signed an order requiring a 16.1 percent reduction in private passenger auto rates and a 11.7 percent reduction in motorcycle liability rates. The decreases will become...
Online Broker Upgrades Car Crash Safety Ratings Tool
Sep 9 2008 // Darien, Ill.-based Insure.com, Inc. has upgraded its Car Crash Safety Ratings Tool, which is a free, online information tool that displays car-safety data from both the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the...
Plymouth Rock Offers Discounts to Mass. Drivers Who Drive Less
Sep 5 2008 // Boston-based Plymouth Rock Assurance Corp. said it will reward its new and renewing auto insurance policyholders in Massachusetts with lower rates for “going green,” by driving less. Plymouth Rock will lower...
New Jersey Drunken Driving Deaths Drop 6 Percent
Sep 2 2008 // Drunken driving deaths are decreasing in New Jersey. According to new federal data released Thursday by AAA Mid-Atlantic, there were 47 fewer DUI-related deaths in New Jersey in 2007 than the year before. That’s a 6...
Montana Launches Driver’s Ed/Insurance Classroom Training
Sep 1 2008 // Montana State Auditor John Morrison’s office has launched a new auto insurance training program for teen drivers. The program, called “The Road to Understanding Auto Insurance,” is free to high school...
Drunk Driving Fatalities Decline in 32 States But Rise for Motorcyclists
Aug 29 2008 // New national figures show a significant decline in the number of drunk driving-related fatalities occurring nationally and in 32 individual states, according to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters. However, Peters...
Nebraska County Rejects Anti-Drunken Driving Grant
Aug 29 2008 // The Gage County Board of Supervisors has again rejected a grant to hire an attorney to prosecute alcohol-related crime. The board says it would cost the county too much in the long run because the grant did not cover...
South Dakota: Drunken Driving Convictions Costly
Aug 26 2008 // The South Dakota Highway Patrol is placing special emphasis on catching intoxicated drivers through the coming Labor Day weekend. About 11,700 people were ticketed for drunken or drugged driving last year in the...
Drivers with Serious Violations Allowed on Mass. Roads
Aug 21 2008 // Delays in the processing of criminal traffic violations have allowed a large number of serious violators to remain on the road in Massachusetts after their licenses should have been suspended or revoked. According to State...
