Latest Personal Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Personal Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Florida Man Sues Trucking Company, Driver for $10M Over Crash That Killed Family
Nov 9 2015 // A northeast Florida man has filed a $10 million wrongful death lawsuit against a semi-truck driver and others related to a wreck that killed his wife and three stepchildren. The SUV Dexter Culclager’s family had been...
Vermont Reviewing Suspended Driving Convictions
Nov 5 2015 // Vermont is reviewing about 900 convictions from the last 16 months for criminal driving with a suspended license to determine how many might have been improperly resulted from incomplete information about a driver’s...
Uber Driver Sues Taco Bell Brand Manager Videoed in California Slapping Assault
Nov 5 2015 // An Uber driver is suing a California man accused of slapping and hitting the driver in an attack that was recorded on video. KABC-TV in Los Angeles reported Edward Caban filed a lawsuit earlier this week in Orange County...
Taco Bell Corp. Manager Suspect in California Uber Driver Slapping Assault
Nov 4 2015 // Police say a mid-level manager for Taco Bell Corp. repeatedly slapped an Uber driver in the face after being told to get out of the car because he was too drunk to give directions. The incident Friday was captured on dash...
AAA: Using Hands-Free Technology While Driving Is ‘Surprisingly’ Risky
Nov 2 2015 // Mental distractions can persist for as long as 27 seconds after dialing, changing music or sending a text using voice commands, according to new research on distracted driving. Drivers using phones and vehicle information...
Number of Deaths from Drunken Driving Nearly Doubled in Utah
Nov 2 2015 // The number of people who have died in Utah as a result of drunken driving nearly doubled last year, hitting the highest number in more than a decade. Alcohol-related traffic deaths increased from 23 to 45, according to an...
Number of Deaths from Drunken Driving Nearly Doubled in Utah
Oct 27 2015 // The number of people who have died in Utah as a result of drunken driving nearly doubled last year, hitting the highest number in more than a decade. Alcohol-related traffic deaths increased from 23 to 45, according to an...
Distracted Driving Ban Takes Effect in Arizona City
Oct 26 2015 // A new ordinance banning the use of any mobile device while driving a vehicle in Tempe went into effect over the weekend. A distracted driving ordinance approved by Tempe City Council members last month began Saturday. The...
Alaska City Considering $500 Ticket for Texting While Driving
Oct 26 2015 // Texting while driving in Anchorage, Alaska may land drivers a $500 traffic ticket under a proposal that shifts the violation from criminal to traffic court. The Alaska Dispatch News reported assembly members will discuss...
Using Hands-Free Technology While Driving Is ‘Surprisingly’ Risky: AAA Research
Oct 26 2015 // Mental distractions can persist for as long as 27 seconds after dialing, changing music or sending a text using voice commands, according to new research on distracted driving. Drivers using phones and vehicle information...
Alabama Schools Look to Suspend Drivers Licenses of Truant Students
Oct 26 2015 // School officials in Limestone County, Alabama say that in November they will move to suspend the driver licenses of students who are chronically absent without a valid reason. The Code of Alabama allows for the denying of...
Auto Insurance Market to Shrink 60% by 2040: KPMG
Oct 23 2015 // By the time today’s millennial insurance professionals are its top executives, the U.S. personal auto insurance industry will be a skeleton of its current self. Within 25 years, the private passenger automobile...
Teen Driving Deaths Down 57% in 7 Years in Illinois
Oct 22 2015 // Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White says teenage driving deaths are down by nearly 60 percent in the state. The Democrat kicked off National Teen Driver Safety Week by announcing that is a new low since the state began...
Letters Warn Louisiana Drivers of Fines for Lapsed Insurance
Oct 22 2015 // The Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles has issued a mass mailing of 1.2 million letters to drivers with lapsed insurance, warning them a collections agency might be deployed if fines of up to $525 go unpaid. The Advocate...
For Vermont Police, Checking for Pot-Impaired Drivers Is Work in Progress
Oct 21 2015 // It’s common knowledge that driving with blood alcohol content higher than .08 violates the law. But with marijuana, things are a lot more hazy. As Vermont and other states consider following the lead of Colorado and...
Penn. Reminds Drivers: Insurers Can’t Add Surcharge for Deer-Related Crash
Oct 20 2015 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller is reminding drivers that their insurance company cannot add a surcharge to their auto premium for a crash involving a deer. The commissioner also urged drivers to be alert...
South Carolina Bar Ordered to Pay $3.85M for Serving Drunk Driver
Oct 19 2015 // A Richland, South Carolina jury has ruled that a local bar owes $3.85 million in a negligence verdict issued in connection with the bar’s role in serving liquor to a drunken man who later was in a wreck that killed a...
4 N.J. Residents Charged With Staging Car Crash, Seeking Insurance Payouts
Oct 19 2015 // A Union County, New Jersey, man and three others were indicted on Oct. 14 for allegedly orchestrating a staged auto accident in Paterson, New Jersey, in 2012 and later seeking more than $48,000 in medical payouts from his...
California Commissioner OKs Metlife Ridesharing Insurance for Lyft Drivers
Oct 19 2015 // Lyft drivers have a new ridesharing insurance option covering all three ridesharing periods. Those changes came to light earlier this month with the introduction of a new product, approved by Insurance Commissioner Dave...
New Mexico Immigrant Driver’s License Repeal Won’t Pass, Says Legislator
Oct 16 2015 // Senate Majority Leader Michael Sanchez says any GOP-sponsored bill aimed at repealing New Mexico’s immigrant driver’s license law won’t make it to the Senate floor next session. Again. One of...
