Latest Personal Auto Headlines
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Maine Lawmaker in Drive to Jail Repeat Drunk Drivers
Dec 19 2006 // This year, the target for Maine lawmakers in Augusta was habitual offenders. Next year, it’ll be repeat drunken drivers. State Sen. Bill Diamond was a sponsor of Tina’s Law, which was signed into law earlier...
N.H. Family Sues Liquor Commission, Homeowner Over Drunk Driving Death
Dec 14 2006 // The family of a New Hampshire man killed in a drunken driving crash two years ago is suing the state Liquor Commission and the woman who owns the home where his friends were drinking that night. Randy Holmes, 24, was a...
Legislator Would ban Cell Phone use by Drivers in Ark.
Dec 13 2006 // An Arkansas state senator wants the state to force drivers to hang up their cell phones while driving – or at least own a hands-free device that would allow them to do so. Sen. Kim Hendren filed two competing...
Liquor distributors not liable for drunken driving crash
Dec 11 2006 // Liquor distributors cannot be held liable for a drunken driving crash during an Indian casino promotion that injured a Las Cruces, N.M., family, the state Court of Appeals has ruled. The May 2003 crash injured Joseph and...
Liquor distributors not liable for drunken driving crash
Dec 10 2006 // Liquor distributors cannot be held liable for a drunken driving crash during an Indian casino promotion that injured a Las Cruces, N.M., family, the state Court of Appeals has ruled. The May 2003 crash injured Joseph and...
California Ramps Up Efforts to Crackdown on Uninsured Drivers
Dec 7 2006 // California is ramping up its efforts to crack down on uninsured drivers and has sent more than 180,000 letters in the last two months to car owners warning them their auto registrations may be suspended if they cannot...
Calif. Association to Oppose Proposed Tax Increase on Oregon Drivers
Dec 6 2006 // Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski is renewing a once-defeated legislative proposal to impose a new sales tax on Oregon drivers that will raise auto insurance premiums by millions of dollars, according to Kenton Brine, Northwest...
Liquor Distributors Not Liable for Drunken Driving Crash
Dec 5 2006 // Liquor distributors can’t be held liable for a drunken driving crash during an Indian casino promotion that injured a Las Cruces, N.M., family, the state Court of Appeals has ruled. The May 2003 crash injured Joseph...
Mich. Bill Would Give Discounts to Seniors Taking Drivers Ed Class
Dec 4 2006 // When Michigan retirees Willie and Lois Gales asked for a way to ease a $200 increase in their auto insurance rate, they ended up at a two-day safety class in Detroit designed for older drivers. They got tips to prepare for...
Rental Firm Not Liable If Driver Lies About License, Miss. Court Decides
Dec 4 2006 // Rental car companies are not liable for accidents that result from their unknowingly leasing a car to a motorist who lies about having a valid driver’s license, the Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled. The court, in...
Arrowhead Offers Personal Auto, Renters Program in Mich.
Nov 21 2006 // Arrowhead General Insurance Agency’s, Inc. Non-Standard Auto and Basic Renters program’s, both with “A” rated admitted carriers, is now available to Michigan producers, according to a company...
One in five truck drivers reports falling asleep at the wheel
Nov 20 2006 // When a tractor-trailer overturned on a Maryland road, it spilled lumber onto the roadway below and killed a motorist. The same week in a nearby Virginia community, a jury awarded $17 million to the family of a 17 year-old...
Laptop stolen from broker has Villanova University insured student driver data
Nov 19 2006 // A laptop computer stolen from an insurance brokerage firm contained the names, birth dates and driver’s license numbers of more than 1,200 Villanova University students and staff members, the school said. No Social...
One in five truck drivers reports falling asleep at the wheel
Nov 19 2006 // When a tractor-trailer overturned on a Maryland road, it spilled lumber onto the roadway below and killed a motorist. The same week in a nearby Virginia community, a jury awarded $17 million to the family of a 17 year-old...
Ban Cell Phone Use While Driving, La. Safety Official Says
Nov 15 2006 // Louisiana needs to outlaw using cellular phones while driving, but probably won’t, says the state’s top highway safety official. Jim Champagne, executive director of the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission,...
Neb. Senator’s Driver’s Certificate Legislation Raises Questions
Nov 14 2006 // To combat problems created by uninsured drivers, Nebraska State Sen. Ray Aguilar of Grand Island plans to introduce legislation next year that would create a driver’s certificate. The certificate would allow a person...
Laptop Stolen from Broker Has Villanova Insured Driver Data
Nov 8 2006 // A laptop computer stolen from an insurance brokerage firm contained the names, birth dates and driver’s license numbers of more than 1,200 Villanova University students and staff members, the school said Thursday. No...
S.C. may put teen drivers’ cell phones on hold
Nov 6 2006 // A South Carolina legislator says he will file a bill before the end of the year to ban drivers under age 18 from using a cell phone while driving. Rep. Lanny Littlejohn says he wanted to extend the ban in his bill to all...
Navy, Marines battling fatal off-base car crashes
Nov 6 2006 // Frustrated Navy and Marine Corps officials are taking a hard line to try to reduce fatal traffic crashes off bases. The Navy has tallied the most traffic fatalities in more than a decade, and the Marine Corps had the...
Texas Truck Driver’s Fraud Conviction Nets Jail Time
Nov 1 2006 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that Arthur Menard of Spring, Texas, pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges and a Travis County district court sentenced him to 14 months in jail. The...
