All the headlines from our Personal Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 26 2008 // Less than a week before historic auto insurance reform takes effect in Massachusetts, one of the insurers is urging Bay State auto insurance policyholders to use caution when using consumer web sites, saying many sites...
Mar 25 2008 // Gov. Mike Easley reported that state and local law enforcement officers cited 763 motorists for driving while impaired during a St. Patrick’s Day “Booze It & Lose It” campaign, which ran March 14-17....
Mar 24 2008 // Bay State drivers have started shopping around for better rates on their auto insurance, and the state’s top regulator said that consumers should consider switching if they find a better deal.The new system of...
Mar 24 2008 // An agent for Connecticut’s Department of Motor Vehicles has accused the agency of failing to consistently enforce its own standards in driver training and retraining.Commissioner Robert M. Ward disputes the...
Mar 24 2008 // Child passengers, ages 12 to 16, are more likely to die in a car crash than younger children, according to a study released in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. This risk increases with each teenage...
Mar 21 2008 // RLI Transportation has introduced a monoline commercial auto coverage targeting driver training schools nationwide.The driver training school coverage is admitted in all states except Alaska, Hawaii, Louisiana and...
Mar 21 2008 // The spreading out of cities’ residential, commercial, recreational and public spaces, otherwise known as urban sprawl, poses a special risk for teen drivers according to a new University of Virginia Health System...
Mar 21 2008 // New Jersey bars can be sued for the actions of drunken drivers who leave those establishments, even if the drivers consumed no alcohol while at the bars, a panel of judges has unanimously declared.The ruling by the state...
Mar 20 2008 // A cell phone driving ban that has been rejected many times by Maryland lawmakers — as recently as last week — is alive again and headed for approval in the Maryland Senate.But it’s still unclear whether this is...
Mar 19 2008 // Snowmobilers caught operating their sleds while drunk are fined, but the offense doesn’t show up on their regular driving record.The Department of Natural Resources’ snowmobile safety administrator wants to...
Mar 17 2008 // Maine officials say a Clinton man who was convicted last week of drunken driving has the dubious distinction of being the state’s worst OUI offender.Fifty-seven-year-old Daniel Dumont was convicted in Waterville...
Mar 13 2008 // Former linebacker Keith McCants, who played for Alabama before a stint with the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers, is serving 10 days in jail after being arrested for driving without insurance.Police stopped McCants, 39, of...
Mar 12 2008 // A Tennessee House subcommittee has killed a legislative proposal to ban text messaging while driving.The Public Safety and Rural Roads Subcommittee on Tuesday moved the legislation sponsored by Rep. Jon Lundberg, a Bristol...
Mar 11 2008 // Massachusetts car owners who want to see if they can get a better deal under the state’s new managed competition system may decide to opt out of their existing insurance plans early.State regulators say car owners...
Mar 11 2008 // An agent for Connecticut’s Department of Motor Vehicles has accused the agency of failing to consistently enforce its own standards in driver training and retraining.Commissioner Robert M. Ward disputes the...
Mar 10 2008 // The U.S. Department of Transportation held focus groups with teens on impaired driving. Its report, Teen Unsafe Driving Behaviors, Focus Group Final Report, was released in 2007 and included these observations from the...
Mar 10 2008 // Lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund, the insurer of last resort for many motorists, to accept installment payments like private companies.Advocates say the proposal...
Mar 10 2008 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has withdrawn support for a proposed ballot initiative that would have required state and local law enforcement officers to remove the license plates of, and eventually...
Mar 7 2008 // Connecticut lawmakers are hoping a bill aimed at tightening teen driving laws will clear its first legislative hurdle today.That’s when a vote in the Transportation Committee is scheduled. The bill – a...
Mar 6 2008 // South Carolina Drivers who don’t slow down and switch lanes on a four-lane highway to avoid law enforcement or emergency workers on the roadside could get four points on their license under legislation approved...