Latest Personal Auto Headlines
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Automakers, Tech Industry Urge Trump to Speed Self-Driving Car Deployment
Mar 20 2025 // Major automakers and tech groups on Tuesday called on the Trump administration to take steps to speed deployment of self-driving cars, citing a number of regulatory hurdles. The Alliance For Automotive Innovation, a group...
Public Transit Agency Held Liable for Assault by Bus Driver With Anger History
Mar 17 2025 // The Boston area’s public transportation agency is not immune from liability for injuries caused by an assault on a customer by one of its bus drivers who had a history that included anger management issues and a...
8 Hurt When Driver Plowed Vehicle into California Car Dealership
Mar 10 2025 // Eight people were injured over the weekened when a driver plowed a vehicle into a CarMax location in the Los Angeles area. Two people were critically hurt at the dealership in Inglewood, while the other six had minor...
Virginia’s Top Court Rejects Amazon’s ‘Zig-Zag’ in Upholding Flex Drivers as Employees
Mar 10 2025 // The Virginia Supreme Court has upheld a ruling that Amazon Flex drivers are employees and not independent contractors while criticizing the company for changing its arguments after it lost in prior decisions. Amazon...
US P/C Industry Improves Despite 2024 Underwriting Loss: Changes in Personal Lines Segment Driver of Expected Improvement
Mar 10 2025 // The U.S. property/casualty industry took another underwriting loss in 2024, but results improved thanks to rate increases and changes in risk selection, most notably in the personal lines sector. A report from industry...
Lawsuit Alleges GM Illegally Sold Arkansans’ Driving Data to Insurance Companies
Feb 28 2025 // Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin sued General Motors and its subsidiary OnStar this week, alleging the car manufacturer deceived Arkansans by collecting and selling driver information to third parties, who then sold...
Philadelphia Tests Bullet-Resistant Glass to Protect City Bus Drivers
Feb 27 2025 // Philadelphia’s public transit system is moving forward with plans to test-run bullet-resistant glass enclosures for drivers on city buses, joining other cities hoping to provide more protection for drivers who often...
NC Governor Waives Weight Limits, Truck Driver Hourly Limits as Winter Storm Hits
Feb 19 2025 // With heavy snow and ice on the way, North Carolina’s governor on Tuesday issued an emergency declaration, waiving weight and registration checks for some trucks and hourly limits on drivers delivering essential...
Tractor-Trailer Accident Kills Driver on on Interstate 20 in Dallas
Feb 18 2025 // A fatal accident involving multiple vehicles and a tractor-trailer shut down traffic for a time on a stretch of Interstate 20 in the Dallas area early Sunday, authorities said. The tractor-trailer fell off an interstate...
Bill Aims to Drive Down New York City Taxi Drivers’ Insurance Costs. But Will It?
Feb 11 2025 // The New York City Council’s transportation committee heard testimony Monday on a proposal to lower the Personal Injury Protection (PIP) insurance coverage requirement for for-hire drivers from $200,000 to $50,000 per...
Uber Avoids Liability for Driver’s Assault on Passenger
Feb 6 2025 // Uber Technologies “is not an insurer” and so when one of its drivers assaults a rider, the ride-hailing company is “not automatically liable,” a federal judge in Philadelphia wrote in dismissing...
VIDEO: Uber Backed New York Ad Targets ‘Hidden Tax’ Driving Up Insurance Costs
Feb 5 2025 // A group calling for reforms to lower insurance costs across New York has launched its first ad. The ad from newly-formed Citizens for Affordable Rates (CAR) blames “special interests in Albany” along with...
Boston Eyes Requiring Permits, Insurance for Food Delivery Apps and Their Drivers
Feb 5 2025 // Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has filed an ordinance with the City Council to require the largest food delivery apps such as DoorDash, UberEats, and GrubHub to obtain permits to operate within the city and provide proof of...
Alphabet’s Waymo to Test Autonomous Driving Technology in New Cities
Jan 30 2025 // Alphabet’s self-driving unit Waymo announced on Wednesday it plans to expand testing of its autonomous driving technology in over 10 new cities in 2025. After testing the Waymo Driver in multiple cities, the company...
New Mexico P.I. First to Admit Guilt in Bribe Scheme to Get Drunk Drivers off Hook
Jan 28 2025 // A private investigator embroiled in a corruption scandal that rocked New Mexico’s law enforcement community for over a decade was the first to plead guilty to a slew of federal charges that include racketeering and...
Poll: Two-Thirds of Northwest Drivers Feel Comfortable Driving in Snow And Ice
Jan 21 2025 // Many drivers feel ready to tackle Pacific Northwest winter weather. A poll shows 59% of Northwest drivers report feeling comfortable driving in snow and ice. PEMCO Mutual Insurance polled Washington and Oregon drivers for...
General Motors Settles With FTC Over Sharing Driver Data
Jan 17 2025 // The US Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement with General Motors Co. over claims the automaker deceived drivers by collecting their personal data and sharing it with third parties. As part of the settlement, GM...
Texas Lawsuit Alleges Allstate Illegally Collects Driver Data
Jan 13 2025 // The State of Texas on Monday filed a lawsuit against Allstate, alleging the insurance company illegally collects driver data through secretly embedded software in mobile apps and then uses the data to justify raising...
Artificial Intelligence Energy Demand Is Driving Climate Tech Investing
Jan 8 2025 // Energy startups have overtaken the makers of electric cars and batteries as the top global climate tech investment for the first time since 2020. They’ve done so as the growing demand for artificial intelligence has...
NHTSA Probing About 2.6M Tesla Vehicles Over Remote Driving Feature
Jan 7 2025 // The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Tuesday it has opened a probe into 2.6 million Tesla vehicles in the United States over reports of crashes involving a feature that allows users to move their cars...
