All the headlines from our Personal Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 2 2009 // Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White is crediting Illinois’ tougher teen driving laws for a drop in the number of teens who died in car wrecks.According to White, the number teen driving fatalities totaled 92 last...
Jan 29 2009 // A new study shows about 10 percent of drivers in Delaware are uninsured, and that number could be headed higher.The survey by the Insurance Research Council suggests the reason is the economic downturn. It predicts the...
Jan 28 2009 // An Arkansas House of Representatives committee has advanced a pair of bills restricting cell phone use by drivers. The House Public Transportation Committee endorsed a bill by Rep. Ray Kidd, D-Jonesboro, that would ban...
Jan 28 2009 // Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley will push state legislators to raise the minimum age for teen drivers and strengthen penalties for those who repeatedly drive under the influence of alcohol or drugs, he announced...
Jan 27 2009 // Texas State Rep. Solomon Ortiz, Jr. has filed legislation to keep teen drivers safe by limiting their use of cell phones and other portable devices while driving.“This legislation will help limit distractions and...
Jan 26 2009 // Nearly 21 years after a drunken driver plowed into her family’s Honda Civic and killed her parents and sister, Jennifer Sholar said certain sights and sounds still give her vivid flashbacks of the...
Jan 26 2009 // One out of eight Hawaii drivers is uninsured, and a new study says that is likely to increase as the economy crumbles.The study by the Insurance Research Council looks at data from 2007 of claims filed against uninsured...
Jan 26 2009 // A New Jersey nonprofit group is not liable for providing alcohol at a party where four guests were later killed in a drunk-driving crash, the state Supreme Court has ruled.The court upheld a law that allows licensed...
Jan 25 2009 // North Dakota lawmakers strongly support toughening state laws that govern teenage drivers, and many favor raising the state’s 14-year-old minimum driving age, an Associated Press survey shows.Insurance Commissioner...
Jan 21 2009 // Approximately one in six drivers across the U.S. may be driving uninsured by 2010, according to a recent study from Insurance Research Council (IRC).Although the estimated percentage of uninsured motorists decreased...
Jan 20 2009 // Each year, more than 17,000 Americans are killed by drunk drivers including approximately 275 Oklahomans and around 1.5 million drunk drivers are arrested according the Oklahoma Highway Safety Office. Having lost a...
Jan 16 2009 // The states of Maine and Delaware are considering limits on how drivers use cell phones.A Delaware lawmaker is trying again to pass legislation barring the use of handheld cell phones while driving. Rep. Joe Miro says...
Jan 15 2009 // An audit finds that the New York state Department of Motor Vehicles has incorrectly scored some tests for some commercial drivers and given licenses to people who were not qualified.State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says...
Jan 14 2009 // Despite growing numbers on the road, fewer older drivers died in crashes and fewer were involved in fatal collisions during 1997-2006 than in years past, a new Insurance Institute for Highway Safety study reports.Crash...
Jan 14 2009 // A day after a multiple-vehicle pileup on Interstate 93, car owners were calling insurance companies and examining their wrecked cars.More than 100 people were injured in Sunday’s pileup, none of them seriously. The...
Jan 14 2009 // North Dakota Rep. Lawrence Klemin recalls the driver who pulled alongside him at a stoplight recently, eyes down, thumbs frantically working a tiny keyboard that was propped on the steering wheel.“When the stoplight...
Jan 14 2009 // A new report finds Louisiana is among 15 states to have made progress in enacting key highway safety laws. Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas did not fare so well.The 55-page study was done by Advocates for Highway and Auto...
Jan 13 2009 // The state of Vermont is planning to begin issuing enhanced driver’s licenses on Feb. 17.The new licenses will allow holders to cross the United States-Canada border without a passport or other supporting documents....
Jan 13 2009 // The National Safety Council, which campaigned to get U.S. states to enforce seatbelt laws, is taking on cellphones, saying it is starting a campaign to ban all use of mobile phones while driving.Even so-called hands-free...
Jan 12 2009 // Toyota said last week that it plans to roll out new safety and driver-assist programs on certain Toyota and Lexus models beginning late this summer.That marks the first major competition for Detroit-based General...