Latest Personal Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Personal Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Uninsured Driver Bill Advances in Oklahoma House
Feb 10 2012 // Oklahoma law enforcement officers would have more leeway to stop those suspected of driving uninsured vehicles under a measure approved by a House committee. House Bill 2525, by state Rep. Steve Martin (R-Nowata,...
Alabama Panel Passes Texting While Driving Bill
Feb 10 2012 // An Alabama House committee has approved a bill that would ban sending or reading text messages while driving. The bill by Republican Rep. Jim McClendon of Springville passed the House Public Safety and Homeland Security...
Crashes Put Spotlight on Indiana Driver Licensing Policies
Feb 6 2012 // A series of crashes into storefronts in an Indiana community has left a trail of property damage, but the drivers responsible are likely still behind the wheel because of Indiana’s policies on restricting...
Virginia High Schools Join in Safe-Driving Campaign
Feb 1 2012 // Nearly three dozen Virginia high schools are participating in a safe driving campaign starting this week. The Virginia State Police is teaming up with Youth of Virginia Speak Out About Traffic Safety to increase awareness...
Arkansas Family Sues Driver, Company Over Teen’s Death
Jan 31 2012 // The family of an Arkansas teenager who died after being hit by a tractor-trailer in Texas last year has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the driver of the truck and his employer. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District...
Peers as Passengers Studies Support Graduated Licenses for Teen Drivers
Jan 30 2012 // Two new studies support the efforts of states in imposing restrictions on teen driving. Teens who drive with peers as passengers have increased risks of crashing, previous research has shown. Many states have responded by...
Oklahoma City Teen Featured in Distracted-Driving Campaign
Jan 23 2012 // A new national campaign warning against distracted driving features the story of an Oklahoma City teenager who was killed in a car crash while talking on her cell phone. The U.S. Department of Transportation video...
Court: Workers’ Comp Bars Iraq Convoy Drivers’ Suit Against KBR, Halliburton
Jan 23 2012 // A federal appeals court has rejected a lawsuit brought against KBR Inc. and Halliburton Co. by the families of two convoy drivers killed in a 2004 insurgent attack in Iraq. The U.S. Court of Appeal for the 5th Circuit,...
Oklahoma to Require Medical Certification for Some Commercial Drivers
Jan 23 2012 // On Jan. 30, 2012, the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety (DPS) will begin adding medical certification status and medical examiner’s certificate information to commercial driver’s license system (CDLIS)...
Teen Driver Bill Fails to Get New Jersey Governor’s Support
Jan 21 2012 // New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie refused to sign into law a bill that aimed to make younger drivers safer. The bill would have changed the state’s graduated driver’s license program to require novice drivers to...
Oklahoma to Require Medical Certification for Some Commercial Drivers
Jan 13 2012 // On Jan. 30, 2012, the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety (DPS) will begin adding medical certification status and medical examiner’s certificate information to commercial driver’s license system (CDLIS)...
2-Year Term for Texting Driver in Fatal Oregon Crash
Jan 13 2012 // A La Pine, Ore. driver was sentenced Wednesday to more than two years in prison for a fatal crash near Bend that occurred while he was texting his girlfriend who was sitting next to him. Deschutes County Circuit Judge Alta...
Court: Workers’ Comp Bars Iraq Convoy Drivers’ Suit Against KBR, Halliburton
Jan 12 2012 // A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected a lawsuit brought against KBR Inc. and Halliburton Co. by the families of two convoy drivers killed in a 2004 insurgent attack in Iraq. The U.S. Court of Appeal for the 5th...
Maine Gov., Secretary, Push Youth Driver Safety
Jan 12 2012 // In the wake of a deadly weekend on Maine’s highways for young motorists, Gov. Paul LePage and Secretary of State Charles Summers Jr. are stressing the importance of safety for young drivers. LePage has recently...
Drunk Driving Arrests Increased in West Virginia in 2011
Jan 12 2012 // The director of the West Virginia Governor’s Highway Safety Program says arrests for driving under the influence increased in the past year, contradicting earlier reports. The Charleston Gazette reported that Highway...
‘Like’ Facebook in Driver’s Seat? Mercedes Offers App Inside Cars
Jan 9 2012 // At restaurants, at movies and at the office, checking Facebook has become a regular habit for many of the Internet social network’s more than 800 million users. Now that habit has reached a new frontier: the...
Florida’s Older Drivers Need a Road Plan
Jan 9 2012 // Florida is home to one of the highest percentages of residents ages 65 and older in the United States, but very few of them have thought ahead to a time when they will no longer be able to drive a vehicle safely or...
Drunk Driving Crashes Are Down in Michigan
Jan 9 2012 // Alcohol-related crashes and deaths in Michigan dropped over the past decade. Michigan had 4,007 crashes linked to alcohol in 2010, down 38 percent from 6,485 in 2001, according to police records. The state had 264 fatal...
Wyoming Officials Say Mandatory Drunk Driving Law Gaining Acceptance
Jan 4 2012 // After a bit of a rocky start, law enforcement officials and prosecutors around the state say they’re now running into few problems with Wyoming’s new mandatory DUI (driving under the influence) testing...
Drunk Driver Test? There’s an App for That
Jan 4 2012 // A drunken driving test may not seem the likeliest place to come up with a mobile phone app, but that’s when inspiration struck Nashville, Tennessee resident Clay Bradley. Bradley said he was following a...
