All the headlines from our Personal Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 18 2013 // An Ohio man was sentenced and repaid more than $19,000 to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) for working while receiving workers’ comp benefits. BWC began investigating Harry Livingston after...
Nov 18 2013 // A Spokane, Wash., woman who wound up with a totaled car, a broken collarbone and a $550 ticket blames her post-Halloween crash on a person in a gorilla suit who she says jumped in front of her car.Hailey Wulz said she...
Nov 12 2013 // The Arizona Department of Public Safety plans to crack down on drivers who are distracted by texting or their cellphones in general.The enforcement effort will begin in January and be accompanied by an education campaign,...
Nov 12 2013 // Cell phone use and texting while driving are on the rise along with accessing the internet while driving — and it’s not just young people engaging in these dangerous activities behind the wheel.State Farm today...
Nov 6 2013 // Massachusetts state officials say the number of accidents involving newly licensed teenage drivers has dropped by half since 2007 when Massachusetts boosted the amount of training required of young drivers and stiffened...
Nov 6 2013 // A Spokane, Wash., woman who wound up with a totaled car, a broken collarbone and a $550 ticket blames her post-Halloween crash on a person in a gorilla suit who she says jumped in front of her car.Hailey Wulz told KREM-TV...
Nov 5 2013 // A Billings, Mont. woman is charged with drunken driving while taking her 13-year-old daughter and two friends Trick-or-Treating. The Billings Gazette reported 34-year-old Summer Breeze Merrill also is charged with three...
Nov 4 2013 // Oregonians are headed for a statewide vote on a new law that allows immigrants who can’t show they’re in the United States legally to obtain driver’s licenses.Secretary of State Kate Brown’s office...
Nov 4 2013 // People living in Nevada without legal residency can begin logging on to a state website for information about a driver authorization card program set to begin Jan. 2.Department of Motor Vehicles officials say a state...
Nov 1 2013 // UPS driver Tom Camp from Livonia, Mich., and his big, brown truck have done something no other UPS driver has accomplished: 51 years without an accident.That’s after an estimated 800,000 to 900,000 miles on the road...
Oct 24 2013 // People living in Nevada without legal residency can begin logging on to a state website for information about a driver authorization card program set to begin Jan. 2.Department of Motor Vehicles officials say a state...
Oct 23 2013 // Drivers with out-of-state plates are much more likely to be stopped by the Iowa State Patrol when they drive in the state.The Des Moines Register reviewed about 22,000 traffic warnings and tickets issued by the State...
Oct 22 2013 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider whether a unit of Thomson Reuters Corp. can obtain and sell information on drivers provided by state agencies without violating a federal privacy law.The decision not...
Oct 21 2013 // Oregonians are headed for a statewide vote on a new law that allows immigrants who can’t show they’re in the United States legally to obtain driver’s licenses.Secretary of State Kate Brown’s office...
Oct 21 2013 // An insurance trust representing Minnesota counties has agreed to pay $2 million to settle a lawsuit over driver’s license data snooping.The proposed settlement was presented on Oct. 3 in federal court. The case...
Oct 18 2013 // The Louisiana Supreme Court has struck down a state law that made it a crime for people who aren’t U.S. citizens to drive here without carrying proof of their immigration status.The divided court ruled that the state...
Oct 11 2013 // Connecticut Police are cracking down on motorists who text or use a hand-held cellphone while driving.Authorities call it “high-visibility enforcement” intended to call attention to a state law that took effect...
Oct 7 2013 // An insurance trust representing Minnesota counties has agreed to pay $2 million to settle a lawsuit over driver’s license data snooping.The proposed settlement was presented on Oct. 3 in federal court. The case...
Oct 4 2013 // Illinois State Police say a man who was shaving was one of dozens of people stopped by officers patrolling a Chicago expressway for distracted drivers. While state troopers only issued the shaver a warning, spokeswoman...
Oct 2 2013 // Florida is joining 40 other states in the U.S. where it is illegal to text and drive.The ban is one of more than two dozen laws passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature scheduled that kicked in on Tuesday, Oct. 1....