All the headlines from our Personal Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 26 2008 // The Virginia State Corporation Commission is advising Virginians on how to save money on auto insurance. The SCC Bureau of Insurance says many insurance companies consider the length of daily commutes to work or school...
Jun 24 2008 // Georgia law enforcement officials are cracking down on drunken driving.Authorities are planning increased patrols and sobriety check points across the state over the next two weeks as part of the Governor’s Office of...
Jun 20 2008 // Police in Bergen County, New Jersey issued 317 tickets to teen drivers for violating terms of their graduated driver licenses.Officers conducted patrols and checkpoints during an 18-day period in April as part of a pilot...
Jun 16 2008 // A coalition of Texas state agencies on June 2 launched a 60-day test of TexasSure, a program aimed at reducing the number of uninsured drivers in the state. The program, also known as the Texas Financial Responsibility...
Jun 11 2008 // As the price of gasoline tops four dollars a gallon nationwide consumers who are driving less could save an average of 5 to 15 percent on their automobile insurance rates – about $47 to $142.That’s according to...
Jun 11 2008 // Neew Jersey lawmakers are considering ways to further restrict teenage drivers in New Jersey. A bill before the Senate Transportation Committee would apply an 11 p.m. curfew on 17-year-old probationary drivers. It would...
Jun 9 2008 // Police say a woman crashed her car in Manchester, New Hampshire after being punched in the face and torso by her boyfriend while she was driving. The woman told police she was driving her boyfriend of work Thursday morning...
Jun 9 2008 // Teenage drivers’ cellphone use edged higher in North Carolina after the state enacted a cellphone ban for young drivers, a new Institute study finds. This is the case even though young drivers and their parents said...
Jun 9 2008 // Seattle-based Safeco announced that its safe teen driving solution, Teensurance is now available nationwide.Teensurance offers a set of online tools to encourage safe driving, including a GPS-based device – the...
Jun 5 2008 // Massachusetts businesses, pubs and state officials, including Lt. Governor Timothy Murray, are launching a new campaign to discourage drink driving and encourage the use of designated drivers.The Arbella Insurance Group...
Jun 4 2008 // A coalition of Texas state agencies on June 2 launched a 60-day test of TexasSure, a program aimed at reducing the number of uninsured drivers in the state. The program was initiated in the Austin area and is a joint...
Jun 2 2008 // Marines from Camp Lejeune, N.C. have to register their vehicles and driving records as part of a new safety order meant to reduce traffic fatalities. The new safe driving program comes in the wake of a rash of accidents....
May 30 2008 // A first-ever analysis from AAA finds that crashes involving teen drivers ages 15 to 17 cost American society more than $34 billion annually in medical expenses, lost work, property damage, quality of life loss and other...
May 29 2008 // Arizona legislators are debating whether to ban texting while driving. Supporters say it would “send a message” about safety while critics call it overkill when other distractions such as eating and changing...
May 28 2008 // The New York Senate has passed legislation that would prohibit drivers from reading, writing or sending text messages while driving in the Empire State.The law modifies earlier legislation that bans cell phone use while...
May 22 2008 // Washington Gov. Gregoire pronounced May 22 2008, Drive Nice Day throughout the state, challenging drivers to make a conscious effort to drive nice and help make it a collision-free day.Drive Nice Day, founded by SWERVE...
May 19 2008 // While 98 percent of Americans claim to be safe drivers, a vast majority also admit to driving while distracted (DWD).That’s according to a survey by Nationwide Insurance which found that more than four out of five...
May 16 2008 // Marines from Camp Lejeune, N.C. have to register their vehicles and driving records as part of a new safety order meant to reduce traffic fatalities. The new safe driving program comes in the wake of a rash of accidents....
May 8 2008 // Maine election officials said this week that they’ve accepted applications from four groups that are challenging a pair of recently enacted laws, but the four groups could morph into two as the campaigns develop.A...
May 8 2008 // A leading House Republican said Tuesday, May 6, he will try before the legislative session ends next week to reverse a Department of Revenue decision to increase fees charged to access driver’s license...