All the headlines from our Personal Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 1 2008 // The Virginia Senate this week finally passed its bill to repeal high fees on bad drivers by resolving a partisan impasse over how to rebate fees courts already imposed.The 39-0 vote marks the first passage by the House or...
Jan 29 2008 // The Virginia Senate rejected a bid last week to allow people already ordered to pay state abusive driver fees to go back to court and ask a judge to excuse the penalty.The floor amendment by Sen. Kenneth W. Stolle,...
Jan 28 2008 // A bill introduced by Oklahoma state Senator Bill Brown would require a conviction of boating while under the influence (BUI) to be made part of an individual’s driving record. The aim of Senate Bill 1140 is to reduce...
Jan 27 2008 // Text messaging is all the rage. Hopefully, not a road rage.An increasing number of state lawmakers are concerned by the rash of accidents caused by text-happy drivers. Although many states already have laws that require...
Jan 25 2008 // The Massachusetts House has approved a bill banning drivers from talking or texting on cell phones while behind the wheel, despite opposition from a lawmaker from a city where authorities say a man sending a message struck...
Jan 25 2008 // The self-proclaimed “Friendship City” has decided it’s tired of being a doormat for motorists from neighboring communities.When police in this Cincinnati suburb respond to an accident in which an...
Jan 25 2008 // New Hampshire is debating making it illegal for drivers to send text messages on cell phones or type on laptop computers.You still could talk on a cell phone while driving. Assistant Safety Commissioner Earl Sweeney told a...
Jan 25 2008 // Oklahoma House Democratic Leader Danny Morgan has filed legislation that would make it illegal for teenagers to use cell phones or text while driving.In announcing his bill, Morgan, D-Prague, said he believes the measure,...
Jan 24 2008 // Attorney General Greg Abbott has given conditional approval to a state plan to create driver’s licenses that store citizenship information for faster and easier border crossings.Abbott’s ruling said the program...
Jan 22 2008 // Suspended drivers represent a small minority of all motorists but are involved in a disproportionately large number of serious highway crashes in Maine, the Maine Sunday Telegram reported.After analyzing records from a...
Jan 22 2008 // Utah lawmakers may consider restricting or revoking driving privilege cards for undocumented immigrants when the 2008 Legislature convenes this week. Created in 2005, the cards allow immigrants to drive legally —...
Jan 18 2008 // The costly bad-driving fees on Virginians took a first step toward repeal in a chaotic proceeding this week, barely six months after they took effect.Lawmakers, however, stripped the bill of reimbursements for people who...
Jan 16 2008 // Oklahoma State Rep. Scott Inman, D-Del City, recently filed a measure aimed at reducing drunk driving convictions and alcohol-related traffic fatalities by requiring that previous DUI or DWI convictions be noted on...
Jan 15 2008 // North Carolina state and local law enforcement officers issued citations to 4,367 motorists for driving while impaired during the Holiday “Booze It & Lose It” campaign, according to Gov. Mike Easley.The...
Jan 11 2008 // Florida officials arrested 19 additional Floridians accused of fraudulently obtaining Florida commercial driver licenses (CDLs).Those arrested this week surrendered, some calling in response to initial arrests on Jan. 4....
Jan 11 2008 // Repeat drunken drivers in two Minnesota counties can get back behind the wheel sooner if they pay to have blow-in-the-tube devices installed in their vehicles.So far, results in the two pilot programs are mixed. County...
Jan 9 2008 // Tonya Conley is one of just 15 people in West Virginia with a driver’s license despite having vision below minimum legal standards. But if a bill recommended by an interim legislative committee passes this year, she...
Jan 7 2008 // Florida officials arrested seven Floridians accused of posing a risk to Florida’s and the nation’s security by fraudulently obtaining Florida Commercial Driver Licenses.The investigation is ongoing and...
Jan 4 2008 // The death of a 13-year-old Taunton, Mass. boy last month has prompted new calls to ban text messaging while driving.Craig Bigos of New Bedford told police he was sending a text message to a friend when he swerved and...
Jan 4 2008 // New Jersey auto insurance agents will have a lot easier time quoting and writing new policies under a bill signed yesterday by Gov. Jon S. Corzine.The bill, which had awaited his signature since last month, eliminates the...