Latest Personal Auto Headlines

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Kansas Attorney General Sues to Prevent Transgender People From Changing Driver’s Licenses

Jul 10 2023 // TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – The Republican attorney general of Kansas sued Friday to block transgender residents from changing their sex on their driver`s licenses and to rebuke the Democratic governor for defying his...

Judge Delays Minimum Wage Hike for New York City App Drivers

Jul 10 2023 // A judge Friday ordered New York City to temporarily delay new minimum pay standards for app-based food delivery workers, a day after being sued by Uber Eats, DoorDash and Grubhub.City officials recently announced plans to...

Car Crashes Into New Hampshire Restaurant, Injures Dozens

Jul 5 2023 // A car crashed into a busy New Hampshire restaurant and injured more than a dozen patrons inside, authorities said.The vehicle struck the Looney Bin Bar & Grill a little after 12:40 p.m. Sunday and came to a stop well...

Truck Driver Who Triggered Deadly Arizona Freeway Collision Had Just Been on Tiktok

Jul 4 2023 // A tractor-trailer driver was on the social media app TikTok just before causing a Phoenix-area freeway collision that killed five people, authorities said.The Arizona Department of Public Safety announced in a news release...

Report Says Driver of Tanker Truck Lost Control on Off-Ramp, Causing I-95 Collapse

Jul 3 2023 // The driver of a tanker truck hauling gasoline lost control on a curved off-ramp on Interstate 95, causing the truck to flip and catch fire, leading to the collapse of the northbound lanes in early June, federal safety...

Regulatory Weaknesses, Politics Driving Marketplace Exits, Industry CEOs Say

Jun 28 2023 // A trio of property/casualty carrier executives voluntarily offered their views on a growing insurance availability crisis in a state like California at an industry conference last week, pointing to regulatory disconnects...

Pennsylvania Senate Votes to Expand Ban on Driver’s Use of Phones

Jun 27 2023 // Pennsylvania’s state Senate wants to expand a ban on texting while driving and approved legislation on Thursday that would increase the penalties for motorists who are handling their cell phones for almost any...

Teenage Volleyball Player Who Lost Legs in St. Louis Accident Sues Drivers, City

Jun 23 2023 // ST. LOUIS (AP) – A teenage volleyball player from Tennessee is suing the Missouri city of St. Louis and two drivers who struck her in February, causing her to lose both legs.The lawsuit on behalf of Janae Edmondson...

Commuter Train Collision with Truck in Connecticut Seriously Injures Pickup Driver

Jun 16 2023 // A commuter train collided with a pickup truck in Connecticut on Wednesday, injuring the driver and heavily damaging the vehicle, authorities said.The crash happened just before 11:30 a.m. at a Metro-North Railroad street...

Driver Whose Car Vaulted 120 Feet Over Truck: ‘I Thought I Was Going to Die’

Jun 16 2023 // A woman whose car was captured on video vaulting into the air over a tow truck and crashing onto a Georgia highway says she’s recovering after spending two weeks in a hospital and undergoing several...

Opera Workers’ Ruling Offers Path for Uber, Lyft Drivers to Unionize

Jun 15 2023 // A US labor board ruling on Tuesday laid the groundwork for drivers from Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. and other gig workers to formally unionize – a still difficult but potentially transformative task.In a ruling...

Driver Lost Control of Tanker Before Fire Caused I-95 Highway Collapse, Say Officials

Jun 14 2023 // The driver of a tractor-trailer hauling gasoline lost control on an off-ramp and flipped the tanker truck on its side in a wreck that set it afire and destroyed a section of the East Coast’s main north-south highway,...

Report: Wildfire Fears at ‘All-Time High’ and Driving Insurer Decisions in Property Market

Jun 12 2023 // Despite a relatively average 2022 wildfire season, fears of wildfires remain at an “all-time high,” and those fears appear to be one driver of decision-making on property insurance.A new report from Gallagher...

1 Killed, 5 Injured as Driver Crashes Into Subway Sandwich Shop

Jun 12 2023 // A car veered into a sandwich shop at a mall near Providence, killing one person and injuring five others, authorities said.The crash happened Wednesday afternoon at a Subway restaurant at the Apple Valley Mall in...

Connecticut Lawmakers Pass Wrong-Way Driver Bill

Jun 9 2023 // Connecticut lawmakers, still grieving the death of a fellow legislator killed in a wrong-way crash in January, have given final legislative approval to a bill that attempts to address the large increase in wrong- way...

Truck Driver Indicted After Deadly Oregon Crash That Killed 7 Farmworkers

Jun 1 2023 // The driver of the semitruck involved in a fatal crash on Interstate 5 in Oregon earlier this month that left seven farmworkers dead has been indicted on charges of manslaughter, court documents show.A grand jury in Marion...

Truck Driver in Multi-Vehicle Freeway Crash That Killed 7 in Oregon Arrested

May 24 2023 // The driver of a semitruck that slammed into a passenger van on Interstate 5 in western Oregon, killing 7 people in one of the state’s deadliest crashes in recent years, was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter, DUI...

Widower of Bride Killed on Wedding Night Sues Driver, Carolina Bars

May 23 2023 // The alleged drunken driver who police say slammed into newlyweds riding along a South Carolina beach road now faces a wrongful death lawsuit alongside several establishments accused of overserving her on the night of the...

Over 30 Million Drivers at Risk of Dangerous Airbag Blast During Collision

May 23 2023 // More than 33 million people in the United States are driving vehicles that contain a potentially deadly threat: Airbag inflators that in rare cases can explode in a collision and spew shrapnel.Few of them know it. And...

Colleague’s Death Spurs Connecticut Lawmakers to Pass Wrong-Way Driver Bill

May 22 2023 // Connecticut lawmakers, shaken by the death of a colleague killed in a wrong-way crash earlier this year, unanimously approved a bill Wednesday that attempts to curtail the growing problem of wrong-way drivers.The...