All the headlines from our Personal Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 8 2010 // The days of drivers with a cell phone to their ear could be coming to an end in Manhattan, Kan., this summer.City commissioners have unanimously approved a ban on handheld phones night, the ban to take effect July 1....
Feb 7 2010 // As state legislators across the United States enact laws that ban phoning and/or texting while driving, a new study finds no reductions in crashes after hand-held phone bans take effect.Comparing insurance claims for crash...
Feb 3 2010 // Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell has announced she will propose stronger enforcement of the state’s 2005 law barring hand-held cell phones while driving. In a statement Saturday, Rell said she will submit legislation...
Feb 2 2010 // A new insurance industry study has found that state laws banning the use of handheld devices to make calls or send text messages while driving have not resulted in fewer vehicle crashes.The study, released Friday by the...
Feb 1 2010 // South Carolina’s public safety and transportation departments have banned their employees from texting while driving state vehicles. Transportation Secretary Buck Limehouse and Public Safety Director Mark Keel say...
Jan 28 2010 // The Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled that Mary Reed Evans is entitled to present evidence in an effort to disprove prosecutors’ contention that her blood alcohol level was over the legal limit at the time she was...
Jan 28 2010 // Michigan lawmakers took a key step this week toward prohibiting the use of cell phones to send or read text messages while driving, but some say the measure is watered down and wouldn’t do enough to crack down on...
Jan 27 2010 // San Francisco-based Civil Service Employees Insurance Group (CSE Insurance) has launched the 2010 CSE Youth Scholarship Program, an annual essay competition designed to promote awareness of driver safety among young...
Jan 26 2010 // The U.S. government Tuesday banned hand-held “texting” by drivers of large commercial trucks and buses to avoid the danger of distracted driving.Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in a statement the...
Jan 26 2010 // Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry signed an executive order banning state employees from texting while driving on state business. State Sen. Debbe Leftwich applauds the move but wants to take it a little further by prohibiting...
Jan 22 2010 // Several young adults from West Virginia are starring in a new educational film on the dangers of distracted driving that is to be released this spring.Charleston, West Virginia-based MotionMasters is producing the film,...
Jan 22 2010 // A Rhode Island lawmaker is renewing his push to ban drivers from using hand-held cell phones while behind the wheel.Pawtucket Democrat Peter Kilmartin introduced a bill Tuesday that bans drivers and bicyclists from using...
Jan 15 2010 // The Alabama Legislature has taken the first step toward banning drivers from sending or writing a text message while operating a vehicle on a public road. The House Public Safety Committee approved a bill this week that...
Jan 15 2010 // Some first-time drunken drivers will have to install ignition interlock devices under legislation approved by both houses of the New Jersey Legislature. The Assembly and Senate both overwhelmingly passed the bill on...
Jan 8 2010 // State Rep. Ken Guin says Alabama needs to ban people from text messaging while driving a motor vehicle, and a recent experience with a driver swerving “all over the road” is a reason why.“I started to...
Jan 4 2010 // Students at two high schools in southwestern Idaho are getting grants to launch campaigns aimed at preventing reckless teen driving.State Farm Insurance says Melba High School and Kuna High School are among the 20 schools...
Dec 31 2009 // A law that goes into effect Jan. 1, 2010, increasing the required minimum liability auto insurance coverage is expected to increase insurance rates for more than 1 million Louisiana motorists. Though the change was...
Dec 29 2009 // A 55-year-old St. Paul man remains jailed after his 18th arrest on drunken driving charges.The Minnesota State Patrol said he crashed his car on Highway 61 and Interstate 494 in Newport around 6:30 p.m. last Thursday....
Dec 29 2009 // Wisconsin teenagers are buckling up more than they used to.A new survey of the state’s high school students shows that only 15 percent say they rarely or never wear a seat belt when in a car driven by another person....
Dec 29 2009 // Illinois, Kansas, New Hampshire and Oregon will bring in the new year with new state laws aimed at cracking down on distracted driving, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI).Of the four...