Latest Personal Auto Headlines

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Logistics Giants Hedge Their Bets in Uncertain U.S. Self-Driving Truck Race

Apr 4 2022 // U.S. self-driving truck companies have a golden opportunity in the form of a nationwide driver shortage, but their robot drivers still are not ready and neither are their biggest potential customers.The uncertainties...

New Hampshire Police Officer Fails in Bid for Qualified Immunity for Truck Driver Arrest

Mar 30 2022 // An Ossipee, New Hampshire police officer failed in his bid to have an excessive force and unlawful arrest complaint against him dismissed based on his contention he is entitled to qualified immunity protection.A federal...

Paris Taxi Driver Files Legal Complaint Against Tesla After Fatal Crash

Mar 21 2022 // A Paris taxi driver whose Tesla Model 3 crashed in December, killing one person, has filed a legal complaint against the U.S. carmaker, his lawyer said on Sunday.The French government said in the days after the accident...

New Hampshire Ex-Police Officer Settles With Driver in Assault Case

Mar 15 2022 // A former New Hampshire state trooper who was caught on video punching a man following a 2016 car chase has settled with the driver.Andrew Monaco had resigned and pleaded guilty to simple assault charges in 2016 in an...

Taxi Driver Shot by Off-Duty Officer Settles With New York County for $2M

Mar 10 2022 // A cab driver who was wounded by an off-duty police officer in a 2011 road-rage shooting has settled his lawsuit against New York’s Nassau County for $2 million.Newsday reports that county legislative committees...

Michigan Drivers to Receive $400 Auto Insurance Refunds Over Next 2 Months

Mar 10 2022 // Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the state’s top insurance regulator said Monday that a $3 billion transfer of surplus funds from the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association to car insurers will be completed this week. The...

Self-Driving Company Kodiak Robotics Hauls Freight For CEVA in Texas, Oklahoma

Mar 9 2022 // Kodiak Robotics on March 9 said it has partnered with France-based CEVA Logistics to transport freight in self-driving trucks across Texas and Oklahoma, marking the latest autonomous trucking partnership in the...

75-Year-Old Driver Won’t Face Charges in Deadly Crash into Miami Sidewalk Cafe

Mar 2 2022 // A 75-year-old driver likely won’t face criminal charges after crashing her Bentley into a busy Miami Beach sidewalk cafe, killing one man and injuring eight others, police said.There were no signs that the woman was...

Families of Houston Residents Killed in Police Pursuits Press for Review of Officer Driver Training

Mar 1 2022 // The families of two Houston residents killed in a series of recent traffic accidents involving local law enforcement said Feb. 24 they believe their loved ones’ deaths are part of an ongoing problem with police...

Texas MGA Sensa to Debut Personal Auto Insurance Offering

Feb 24 2022 // Austin Texas-based MGA Sensa has partnered with Incline P&C Group to provide their personal auto insurance offering. Sensa will act as an MGA to offer its product through a network of appointed retail brokers and...

Virginia Lawsuit Blames Amazon Demands on Delivery Drivers for Crash

Feb 23 2022 // A North Carolina motorcyclist who lost a leg after a collision with an Amazon delivery truck has filed a lawsuit arguing that unrealistic expectations for the tech giant’s delivery drivers have led to...

Massachusetts House Passes Bill to Let Immigrants Get Driver’s Licenses

Feb 22 2022 // The Massachusetts House has approved a bill that would let immigrants in the country illegally obtain state driver’s licenses.If passed into law, Massachusetts would join 16 other states and the District of Columbia...

How Car, Home Inflation Is Driving Up Loss Costs for Insurers

Feb 21 2022 // The two possessions that most concern insurers — homes and motor vehicles — happen to be the largest contributors to the historic 7.5% inflation rate.Perhaps that should be no surprise. “It’s the...

Storms With Hurricane Gusts Set to Batter NW Europe, Driving Wind Power Generation

Feb 16 2022 // Storms across northwest Europe are set to drive electricity generation from wind farms to records this week in gusty conditions that threaten to disrupt transportation and down power lines.Weather forecasters in the UK,...

Trustees OK $9M Settlement in Nevada Bus Driver Sex Crimes Case

Feb 15 2022 // School trustees in Las Vegas have approved a $9 million settlement in a case involving a former school bus driver who was sent to prison in 2018 for sexually assaulting special education preschoolers.The Clark County...

How Car, Home Inflation Is Driving Up Loss Costs for Insurers

Feb 15 2022 // The two possessions that most concern insurers — homes and motor vehicles — happen to be the largest contributors to the historic 7.5% inflation rate announced last week.Perhaps that should be no surprise....

Virginia City Deploys Flood Safety App to Help Drivers Navigate Increased Flooding

Feb 10 2022 // The sun was shining when Kim Williams hopped in her Honda Odyssey to visit a friend at a nursing home. But an unexpected downpour on the drive back left her trapped in a maze of flooded streets.Williams made turn after...

Judges Tosses Maryland Family’s Suit Blaming Uber for Driver’s Killing by Passenger

Feb 7 2022 // A federal judge in Baltimore on Thursday dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit against Uber Technologies Inc. filed by the family of a rideshare driver who was killed by a passenger in 2019.U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake...

Citations for Driving 100 Mph-Plus Climbing in Nevada

Feb 7 2022 // The number of drivers ticketed in Nevada for putting the pedal to the metal in violation of speed limits continues to climb.Nevada Office of Traffic Safety data indicates over 5,100 citations were issued in 2021 to drivers...

Insurance Scion Who’s Out to Save Human Driving

Jan 31 2022 // McKeel Hagerty’s parents were into wooden boats and saw an unmet need to underwrite them. Hagerty, however, has been a car nut from day one. When the family’s marine insurance business finally began to offer...