Latest Personal Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Personal Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Over 30 Million Drivers at Risk of Dangerous Airbag Blast During Collision
May 23 2023 // More than 33 million people in the United States are driving vehicles that contain a potentially deadly threat: Airbag inflators that in rare cases can explode in a collision and spew shrapnel. Few of them know it. And...
Colleague’s Death Spurs Connecticut Lawmakers to Pass Wrong-Way Driver Bill
May 22 2023 // Connecticut lawmakers, shaken by the death of a colleague killed in a wrong-way crash earlier this year, unanimously approved a bill Wednesday that attempts to curtail the growing problem of wrong-way drivers. The...
Drivers Are Shopping, Swapping Auto Insurance Policies at Record Pace
May 19 2023 // Drivers are kicking the tires and trading up for new auto insurance policies. In the first quarter, new policy growth rate was up 17% over the same period in 2022, and a record-breaking shopping growth rate was up 10.2%...
Driver Falls Asleep, 18-wheeler Hits Federal Courthouse in Georgia
May 15 2023 // A federal courthouse in Georgia was damaged when the driver of a tractor trailer fell asleep and the truck hit the building last week. The crash into the J. Roy Rowland Federal Courthouse in Dublin happened at about 12:30...
Connecticut Lawmaker, Other Driver Both DUI in Fatal Crash
May 12 2023 // A Connecticut state representative and a wrong-way driver were both over the legal limit for alcohol when they were killed in a highway crash in January, according to government officials and state police. Middletown...
Florida Driver in 116-mph Fatal House Crash Sentenced to 27 Years
May 11 2023 // A Florida man who was driving his Tesla at least 116 mph (186 kph) before crashing into a house and killing two people in 2021 has been sentenced to 27 years in prison. Vaughn Mongan, 45, of Palm Harbor, was sentenced...
U.S. Personal Auto Results Headed the Wrong Way. Is a U-Turn Possible?
May 8 2023 // Although the pandemic may appear more distant in the rearview mirror, its lasting impact on the personal auto insurance industry may be larger than initially expected. Private passenger automobile insurance is the largest...
Attacks on Delivery Drivers Raise Safety Concerns Among Gig Workers
May 4 2023 // A homeowner fired shots at a couple’s car when they mistakenly turned onto his property while making an Instacart delivery. A Florida man was charged with killing and dismembering an Uber Eats delivery driver who...
Just Married, Then Hit by Alleged Drunk Driver: SC Bride Dies After Car Slams Golf Cart
May 3 2023 // A bride leaving her wedding reception was killed when a woman driving under the influence and well over twice the speed limit slammed into the back of a golf cart on a South Carolina beach road, authorities said. Data...
New York’s Yellow Cab Drivers Can’t Sue City Over Uber, Lyft Impact on License Values
Apr 28 2023 // New York’s top state court on Thursday threw out claims by yellow cab operators that New York City diminished the value of their taxi licenses by failing to rein in app-based competitors like Uber Technologies Inc...
Uber Eats Driver Slain, Dismembered in Florida After Making Delivery
Apr 27 2023 // A Florida man is charged with murder and other offenses in the slaying and dismemberment of an Uber Eats driver who had brought food to the assailant’s house, authorities said Tuesday. Oscar Solis Jr., 30, is charged...
Massachusetts High Court Opens 27,000 Drunk Driving Cases to Reconsideration
Apr 26 2023 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that 27,000 people who pled guilty or were convicted of drunk driving from June 1, 2011 to April 18, 2019, are entitled to have their cases reconsidered due to the state...
Uber Drivers Are Not Interstate Workers Exempt From Arbitration, Court Rules
Apr 26 2023 // Uber Technologies Inc drivers are not exempt from a U.S. law requiring them to bring work-related legal disputes in private arbitration rather than joining class action lawsuits in court, a U.S. appeals court ruled on...
Driver Charged in Fatal Apple Store Crash Pleads Not Guilty
Apr 26 2023 // The driver of an SUV that crashed into a Massachusetts Apple store, killing one man and injuring nearly two dozen other people, was traveling as fast as 60 miles per hour (96 kilometers per hour) in the seconds before the...
Distracted Driving: A Fatal Problem with Seemingly Simple Solutions
Apr 26 2023 // In 2021, distracted driving killed 3,522 people. April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month, and statistics show that distracted driving has become an increasingly common and fatal hazard. According to the National...
Florida DA Orders Investigation After Homeowner Fires at Delivery Driver
Apr 25 2023 // A Florida prosecutor has ordered an investigation in a confrontation in which a homeowner fired shots into a couple’s car when they mistakenly turned onto his property while making a late-night grocery delivery....
Lyft Investors Call for More Safety Protections for Drivers
Apr 17 2023 // A group of Lyft Inc. shareholders is calling on the company to establish stronger safety protections for drivers, change its shareholder voting structure and subject directors to annual elections. SOC Investment Group —...
NFL Prospect Injured in Fatal Car Crash in Alabama
Apr 14 2023 // NFL prospect and former Louisiana wide receiver Michael Jefferson was involved in a fatal car accident in Mobile County. Jefferson’s agent, Jon Perzley, told ESPN that the player suffered injuries in the accident...
Driving School Owner Pleads Guilty to License Bribery Scheme
Apr 11 2023 // The owner of a Massachusetts driving school has pleaded guilty to bribing a road test examiner to issue driver’s licenses to individuals who did not pass, or even take road tests at the Registry of Motor Vehicles...
U.S. Personal Auto Results Headed the Wrong Way. Is a U-Turn Possible?
Apr 10 2023 // Although the pandemic may appear more distant in the rearview mirror, its lasting impact on the personal auto insurance industry may be larger than initially expected. Private passenger automobile insurance is the largest...
