All the headlines from our Personal Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Jan 9 2009 // Buffalo, New York-based insurer, Merchants Insurance Group, has launched a new personal auto product in New York. The product, called Merchants Flexible Choice Auto, features significant rate reductions along with new...
Jan 5 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...
Dec 31 2008 // Teenage drivers in Arkansas have a higher rate of traffic fatalities than any other category of drivers in the state, and the AAA wants the state to further restrict driving by young people.The AAA, formerly the American...
Dec 30 2008 // A bill to make it illegal for drivers to send text messages on cell phones or type on laptop computers or other electronic devices is coming back before the New Hampshire Legislature. Nashua Democrat David Campbell’s...
Dec 12 2008 // University of Utah researchers have developed an automobile ignition key that prevents teenagers from talking on cell phones or sending text messages while driving.The inventors are hoping the insurance industry will back...
Dec 12 2008 // Cars change. Roads change. So do drivers.Dick Conover of Emerald Isle spent more than 20 years helping drivers 55 and older recognize and adjust to these changes. He retired in early December as an instructor of...
Dec 12 2008 // Michigan is looking to get tougher on drunken drivers.Legislation approved late Dec. 10 by the state Senate would require drivers with a high blood-alcohol content of 0.15 or more to install an ignition interlock device on...
Dec 9 2008 // Professional truck drivers will be in West Virginia this week demonstrating to teens how to avoid accidents with tractor-trailers.Share the Road is an outreach program of the American Trucking Association that educates...
Dec 8 2008 // Connecticut State police say the driver of a passenger bus is recovering from injuries after a collision with a wild turkey in Southington.The turkey and the Vermont Greyhound bus collided on Interstate 84 westbound on...
Dec 4 2008 // Federal safety regulators have begun taking steps to get medically unfit truck drivers and bus operators off the road.The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration says it will require states to merge commerical truck...
Dec 4 2008 // The estate of a Greenwich, Connecticut teenager killed in a drunken driving accident in 2005 has been awarded $2.3 million in a settlement reached in Superior Court in Bridgeport.Court records show the lawsuit was brought...
Dec 4 2008 // A Rhode Island state senator says he will introduce three bills in response to a federal report that said the Ocean State is not doing enough to crack down on drunken driving.The National Transportation Safety Board...
Dec 2 2008 // Federal transportation officials say Rhode Island’s efforts to curb drunken driving are falling short.The National Transportation Safety Board this week said that the Ocean State is one of bottom three states in the...
Nov 30 2008 // The second of two Maine laws adopted in April to tighten regulations for getting a driver’s license has gone into effect. Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap says the new law requires license applicants to show...
Nov 30 2008 // The second of two Maine laws adopted in April to tighten regulations for getting a driver’s license has gone into effect. Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap says the new law requires applicants to show they’re...
Nov 26 2008 // Vermont is getting ready to issue its first enhanced driver’s licenses, which will allow holders to cross the United States-Canada border without a passport or other supporting documents. State Motor Vehicle...
Nov 18 2008 // The Delaware Office of Highway Safety has ended its 2008 Stop Aggressive Driving campaign.Statistics show 2,737 drivers were cited for speeding since the campaign began in July. Delaware police agencies made 26 arrests for...