All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 1 2016 // In a recent online poll, almost half of respondents with auto injury claims hired attorneys to help settle those claims. But most who hired attorneys were not upset with how their claim was being handled, according to the...
Nov 30 2016 // Access Holdco Management, an Atlanta, Georgia, headquartered insurance managing general agency focused on the non-standard auto market, has purchased the Massachusetts non-standard auto insurance book of business of...
Nov 30 2016 // The Mississippi Highway Patrol says two people died on state and federal highways over the Thanksgiving weekend.Monday, the agency said it worked 171 crashes, which included 67 injuries. State Troopers wrote more than...
Nov 28 2016 // South Dakota law enforcement authorities are no longer releasing vehicle crash information because doing so could violate a constitutional amendment approved by voters this month.The state’s Department of Public...
Nov 28 2016 // U.S. highway safety officials called on smartphone makers to add features that would keep motorists from using functions linked to a surge in deaths due to distracted driving, a proposal that drew immediate opposition from...
Nov 23 2016 // Rearview cameras are expected to prevent nearly one-in-six police-reported backing crashes, an Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) study has found.The IIHS is an Arlington, Virginia, headquartered independent,...
Nov 22 2016 // Cars of the future will need to collect a basic set of core data to prevent drivers being unfairly blamed if technology goes wrong, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI).The ABI supports the formation of...
Nov 18 2016 // Just over a year ago, the Arkansas Trucking Association named the first class of a brand new Arkansas Road Team: 12 drivers from six companies given the task of educating the public about safe driving around heavy-duty...
Nov 18 2016 // The 2012 partial repeal of Michigan’s universal motorcycle helmet law resulted in less helmet use and more head injuries, according to a new study in the American Journal of Public Health.Researchers compared helmet...
Nov 18 2016 // A North Carolina couple has been arrested and charged with one count of insurance fraud and obtaining property by false pretense, according to North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin.Keith Hedgepeth, 48, and...
Nov 17 2016 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced today that Assembly Bill 60, a law which provided driver’s licenses to those who could not submit proof of legal presence in the U.S., may have led to a modest...
Nov 17 2016 // A Missouri jury has awarded a $37.5 million judgment to a man left a paraplegic after a 2014 accident involving a vehicle and a tractor-trailer.The Kansas City Star reports that the Jackson County jury sided with Steve...
Nov 17 2016 // The U.S. government on Monday finalized long-delayed rules that will require “quiet cars” like electric vehicles and hybrids to emit alert sounds when they are moving at speeds of up to 18.6 miles per hour (30...
Nov 16 2016 // Two people from California were arrested on a scheme allegedly involving the reported theft of an expensive classic car.Constantine Petros, 54, of Petaluma, was arrested on Oct. 19 in Sonoma County. Also arrested was...
Nov 16 2016 // Drivers in San Francisco, Manhattan and Tel Aviv may soon have another safety tool at their disposal: a mobile app that alerts them to dangers ahead in the road.Nexar Ltd., an Israeli startup whose app records video from a...
Nov 15 2016 // Computerized sensors that warn drivers they’re about to rear-end another vehicle or prevent other types of accidents are available on models made by every major auto manufacturer.The problem, according to a U.S....
Nov 14 2016 // Authorities in Clarksville, Tenn., say a 9-year-old boy has been hospitalized after a car he was driving crashed. Media outlets report the accident occurred Sunday morning. Clarksville police said in a statement that the...
Nov 14 2016 // Online insurance comparison shopping agency CoverHound has announced a partnership with pay-per-mile auto insurance company Metromile to provide more coverage options for customers of both companies.The partnership gives...
Nov 14 2016 // Toyota Motor Corp. has agreed to a settlement of up to $3.4 billion for a federal class action brought by U.S. owners of pickup trucks and SUVs whose frames could rust through, plaintiffs lawyers have said in court...
Nov 10 2016 // At retirement communities from California to Florida, golf carts have become a way of life. They’re energy-efficient, cheaper to buy and maintain than regular cars, and, seniors say, fun to drive. For many,...