All the headlines from our Personal Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 18 2007 // An operation by Virginia State Police last weekend to promote traffic safety yielded more than 6,000 summonses and arrests statewide on Interstates 95 and 81.Officials say there were no traffic fatalities during Operation...
Oct 16 2007 // It’s still legal for drivers to use hand-held cellular telephones on Pennsylvania highways, although that may be news to some people.Someone — the source has not been identified — recently circulated a...
Oct 16 2007 // North Carolina state troopers will watch this week for motorists who fail to stop when a school bus lets out children on state roads. Highway Patrol commander Fletcher Clay said authorities will charge drivers who try to...
Oct 15 2007 // Abram Interstate Insurance Services Inc. in Rocklin, Calif., is offering a personal auto program in California. The policy provides collision coverage, comprehensive coverage, bodily injury liability, property damage...
Oct 15 2007 // The Idaho Falls City Council is considering a rule that would make it illegal to talk on the phone while driving if it interferes with safely controlling the vehicle. The rule would also ban other unsafe activities, like...
Oct 8 2007 // New York State officials say a plan to provide driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants with valid foreign passports will enhance security by creating records of their identities. But critics say those records could...
Oct 5 2007 // The Minnesota Court of Appeals decided this week that police should have gotten a warrant before ordering a blood test from a suspected drunken driver in Dakota County, a ruling that could add extra steps for police going...
Oct 3 2007 // The Main Street America Group has launched its Personal Auto MVP (multivariate program) in Connecticut and Pennsylvania.Personal Auto MVP is Main Street America’s proprietary rating program designed to provide...
Oct 2 2007 // More people in Connecticut may be getting snagged by police for chatting on their hand-held cell phones while driving, but state lawmakers worry that not everyone is hanging up.“We are seeing more and more drivers...
Oct 2 2007 // Down the road, getting a California driver’s license could get a lot tougher.The state is considering using more extensive tests to evaluate a driver’s memory, reflexes and vision to identify people who...
Sep 28 2007 // The Insurance Commissioner of West Virginia said an annual study estimates that just over 21,000 deer-vehicle claims were presented last year to insurers of West Virginia drivers. Commissioner Jane L. Cline said along with...
Sep 27 2007 // Road rage incidents are driving some lawmakers to get tougher on angry and reckless motorists. The Legislature’s transportation committee will consider a bill designed to crack down on a range of bad behavior on the...
Sep 27 2007 // As Massachusetts prepares to move to a more competitve auto insurance system, The Hanover Insurance Group announced it will offer discounts on an advanced driver training course for its policyholders and their family...
Sep 24 2007 // New York State officials say a plan to provide driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants with valid foreign passports will enhance security by creating records of their identities. But critics say those records could...
Sep 20 2007 // Phoenix City Council members want both hands on the wheel instead of texting and driving.The council is moving closer to becoming the first city in Arizona and among the first in the nation to ban text-messaging while...
Sep 19 2007 // A Charlestown, Mass. man has been found guilty of manslaughter by motor vehicle and other charges in the death of a 16-year-old girl last year. Twenty-nine-year-old Robert Getz was sentenced to five years in prison on the...
Sep 19 2007 // Like other driving instructors across Maine, Dwight Hawkins has a new lesson to add to his course this fall: If you’re under 18 and behind the wheel, lose the cell phone.As of Sept. 20, a new Maine law will prohibit...
Sep 17 2007 // A statewide crackdown on people driving while intoxicated resulted in at least 2,270 arrests, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety reported. More than 400 agencies across the state participated in the...
Sep 14 2007 // California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed SB 33 by Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, banning teenage drivers from using all electronic devices — such as cell phones, pagers and laptops — while behind the...
Sep 11 2007 // Narin Leininger knows about the risks of talking on a cell phone or sending text messages while driving. The 16-year-old high school junior says he’d only use his phone behind the wheel in an emergency — a flat...