All the headlines from our Personal Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 17 2011 // New findings from a Texas study show texting while driving is more dangerous than previously thought.Reading or writing a text message behind the wheel can more than double a driver’s reaction time, according to a...
Oct 14 2011 // The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, a Canadian auto insurer, released last week a list of top excuses from local motorists when they were caught using handheld cellphones while driving.The insurer compiled the...
Oct 7 2011 // A lawsuit and the state’s dram shop law have led to a $15 million judgment in Mississippi against Slippery Nick’s Saloon and Grill. However those who brought the suit do not expect to collect since the bar had...
Oct 6 2011 // Drunken driving incidents have fallen 30 percent in the last five years, and last year were at their lowest mark in nearly two decades, according to a new federal report.The decline may be due to the down economy: Other...
Oct 3 2011 // Maryland police agencies have issued thousands of tickets to drivers for using hand-held cellphones behind the wheel in the year since a ban took effect.Records from more than 70 police agencies in the state that...
Oct 3 2011 // In July, an astute observer was driving in Mountain View, Calif., when he came across a multiple car fender-bender. A Toyota Prius had hit a Prius, and that Prius hit an Accord, which hit an Accord, which hit a Prius.Being...
Sep 19 2011 // Arizona’s transportation department says that driving-related deaths continued to decline last year. The Department of Transportation’s “2010 Crash Facts” report shows that 762 people were killed in...
Sep 13 2011 // Last month, an astute observer was driving in Mountain View, Calif., when he came across a multiple car fender-bender. According to later reports, a Toyota Prius had hit a Prius, and that Prius hit an Accord, which hit an...
Sep 7 2011 // Furnas County, Neb., has been ordered to pay more than $407,000 to a man injured in a car accident.The Lincoln Journal Star reports that U.S. District Judge Laurie Smith Camp awarded nearly $679,000 to Juston Pohl. But the...
Sep 7 2011 // Connecticut drivers will have some extra time to renew their licenses and registrations as they cope with delays, power outages and storm damage from Tropical Storm Irene. The state Department of Motor Vehicles is...
Sep 5 2011 // The Arkansas Supreme Court has denied an insurer’s appeal of a lower court finding that the language of its insurance policy in a case involving an underinsured driver is ambiguous.Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance...
Aug 31 2011 // Arizona’s transportation department says that driving-related deaths continued to decline last year. The Department of Transportation’s “2010 Crash Facts” report shows that 762 people were killed in...
Aug 25 2011 // A new state policy will let Michigan drivers renew their vehicle registrations online through their birthdays even if they do it close to the expiration.The Michigan Secretary of State’s office said it used to warn...
Aug 25 2011 // A New Jersey law barring drivers under 18 from having more than one passenger is in the spotlight after an SUV driven by a 17-year-old and carrying seven teenagers crashed. The driver and three passengers died in last...
Aug 19 2011 // A recent poll from Northwest insurer PEMCO Insurance reveals that while a majority of drivers say they take steps to reduce the amount of gas they use, about eight out of 10 drivers in Washington and the greater Portland...
Aug 11 2011 // State Farm Insurance plans to give its Illinois customers a chance to lower, or raise, their rates depending on their driving habits.The Bloomington-based insurer said that in September it will start putting a monitoring...
Aug 11 2011 // The Minnesota Department of Public Safety said it ticketed 21 motorists for driving more than 100 mph and 72 drivers for going more than 90 mph during a stepped-up speeding enforcement campaign in July.State Patrol Lt....
Aug 9 2011 // Nearly six in 10 Americans favor a federal law that would impose driving restrictions on teen drivers and institute a graduated driving license system.A recent national survey from Allstate Insurance shows that support for...
Aug 4 2011 // The Arkansas Supreme Court has denied an insurer’s appeal of a lower court finding that the language of its insurance policy at issue in a case involving an underinsured driver is ambiguous.Philadelphia Indemnity...
Aug 2 2011 // North Dakota’s ban on texting while driving is now in effect.More than 30 states so far have approved laws against motorists sending text messages when they’re behind the wheel. Until now in North Dakota, only...