Latest Personal Auto Headlines
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Volvo Hopes to Deploy Sensors to Detect Drunk Drivers, Making Insurance Less Pricey
Mar 21 2019 // Volvo Cars is planning to fit its next generation of autos with cameras and sensors that will detect drunk or distracted drivers and intervene to stop dangerous rides. From the early 2020s, Volvos will have the ability to...
Hands-Free Phone Use While Driving Bill Passes Minnesota House
Mar 21 2019 // Minnesota motorists would be required to use hands-free devices when talking on the phone while driving under a bill that passed the state House on Monday night, after sponsors said the measure will cut down on distracted...
Why Drivers, Like Pilots, Should Be Trained to Use Autonomous Features
Mar 20 2019 // Should drivers using vehicles with autonomous features be trained on those features before they get behind the wheel? A new paper, “What Do We Tell the Drivers? Toward Minimum Driver Training Standards for Partially...
No Criminal Liability for Uber in Fatal 2018 Arizona Self-Driving Car Crash
Mar 18 2019 // Uber Technologies Inc. is not criminally liable in a March 2018 crash in Tempe, Ariz., in which one of the company’s self-driving cars struck and killed a pedestrian, prosecutors said earlier this month. The Yavapai...
Most Americans Continue to Be Very Afraid of Self-Driving Cars: AAA Survey
Mar 15 2019 // Seven in 10 Americans don’t want to go anywhere near self-driving cars. The portion of Americans who fear autonomous vehicles—71 percent in the American Automobile Association’s latest survey—is virtually...
Arkansas Legislature Passes Bill Allowing Testing of Self-Driving Cars
Mar 14 2019 // The Arkansas Legislature has approved a bill that allows pilot programs to test fully autonomous vehicles on state roads. The measure will let organizations submit operation and safety plans for up to three autonomous...
As It Prepares IPO, Uber Settles Driver Classification Disputes for $20 Million
Mar 13 2019 // Uber Technologies Inc. will pay $20 million to settle California lawsuits challenging the company’s classification of drivers as independent contractors, and not employees owed the benefits of traditional...
Uber Paying $20M to Settle Long-Running Legal Battle With Drivers
Mar 12 2019 // Uber Technologies Inc. has agreed to pay $20 million to settle a lawsuit brought by drivers nearly six years ago, according to court filings, resolving one of its many legal battles with drivers ahead of a hotly...
Amid Shortage, Kansas Considering Relaxing Rules on Rural Ambulance Drivers
Mar 11 2019 // A statewide shortage of trained medical personnel has left many rural county ambulance services having to delay hospital transfers to ensure they have enough staff for emergencies. For example, in Norton County in...
Daimler, BMW Partner to Develop Industry Standards for Autonomous Driving Technology
Mar 8 2019 // Daimler and BMW are teaming up to develop autonomous driving technology to cut costs and set an industry standard that can help to shape future regulation for self-driving cars, senior executives said on Wednesday [March...
No Criminal Liability for Uber in Fatal 2018 Arizona Self-Driving Car Crash
Mar 6 2019 // Uber Technologies Inc. is not criminally liable in a March 2018 crash in Tempe, Arizona, in which one of the company’s self-driving cars struck and killed a pedestrian, prosecutors said on Tuesday. The Yavapai County...
Drivers Get $750K Settlement in Dispute with Connecticut Limo Company
Mar 4 2019 // A limousine company dispute in Connecticut has resulted in a $750,000 settlement for 23 current and former drivers. The Connecticut Law Tribune reports that drivers for Connecticut Limousine recently agreed to settle their...
Police Say Intoxicated Driver Hit 41 Cars in Rhode Island
Mar 1 2019 // Rhode Island police have arrested a man they say was driving under the influence when he struck more than 40 other vehicles. Police say 45-year-old Christopher Paolissi, of Foster, was “zig-zagging” his pickup...
Irish Drivers Will Need Special Insurance to Enter Northern Ireland After Hard Brexit
Mar 1 2019 // Irish drivers have been warned they will need a special insurance document to cross the currently invisible border to Northern Ireland after next month if the U.K. leaves the European Union without a deal. The Motor...
Police: 5 Hurt in Indiana Church Bus Crash; Driver Arrested, Charged with DWI
Feb 28 2019 // Authorities say an 82-year-old church bus driver is charged with driving while intoxicated after five people were injured when a bus returning from a Chicago Bulls game went off the road in northwestern Indiana. Indiana...
Travelers: Over 70% of Minneapolis-Area Drivers Surveyed Use Phones While Driving
Feb 27 2019 // A recently commissioned survey of 503 Minneapolis-area drivers by The Travelers Companies Inc. found that 71 percent of respondents use a mobile device while driving, with 84 percent of millennials, 72 percent of Gen Xers...
Really? Using Hands-Free Devices While Driving Not So Risky?
Feb 18 2019 // New research suggests that drivers who use hands-free electronic devices, as opposed to handheld ones, are not increasing their risk of getting into a crash. According to the research from Virginia Tech Transportation...
New Ventures, Driver Shortage Among Challenges in Trucking Insurance Market
Feb 15 2019 // The transportation industry is considered a barometer of the U.S. economy. If freight is trending up, so too is the U.S. economy. But capacity constraints for trucking – including a shortage of qualified drivers, low...
Nationwide’s ‘SmartMiles’ Auto Insurance Targets Low-Mileage Drivers
Feb 14 2019 // For those who work from home, carpool frequently or use public transit more than they drive, Nationwide is launching SmartMiles, an auto insurance policy for low-mileage drivers. BuildIng on its telematics SmartRide...
Dubai Ride-Hailing Firm, Careem, Provides Accident Insurance for Drivers, Passengers
Feb 14 2019 // Dubai-based ride-hailing service Careem Networks FZ is looking for new ways to get ahead of main rival Uber Technologies Inc. in the Middle East. Careem launched an accident insurance program for passengers as well as...
