All the headlines from our Personal Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 4 2004 // Nearly all states have enacted graduated driver’s licensing laws, requiring parents to spend many hours in the passenger’s seat with their teens behind the wheel. For parents and teens alike, the prospect may...
Apr 30 2004 // The Rhode Island Senate has unanimously passed a bill to hold drunk drivers accountable for injuruies and deaths they cause.Under the legislation, DNA laced blood, fluids and body tissue could be taken from suspects who...
Apr 19 2004 // Volvo is trying to retain its image as a leader in safety with new technology designed to help drowsy drivers.Volvo and its owner, Ford Motor Co., released results of a study on the problem at the New York Auto Show and...
Apr 19 2004 // Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO) has introduced a personal auto rating program carriers can use to tailor the cost of insurance for bodily injury and property damage liability and no-fault/medical payments coverage...
Apr 19 2004 // Michigan drivers who have auto insurance but can’t immediately prove it when stopped by police no longer will face a $300 fine.Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed a bill that changes the state’s driver responsibility...
Apr 8 2004 // Drivers might have to buy more insurance coverage under a bill given initial approval by members of the House on April 6.Lawmakers backed a change in the law that would say coverage for uninsured or underinsured motorists...
Apr 5 2004 // Kevin Jordan is a retired State Highway Patrol trooper who believes that learning how to drive means learning what to do when the brakes lock up.“Many kids don’t get anything more than the basic stuff, and the...
Apr 5 2004 // According to a PEMCO Insurance survey, the person passing you on the highway well above the speed limit is more likely to have an advanced education and earn a higher income than those traveling at safer speeds.The...
Apr 2 2004 // The family with a car each for dad, mom, the college sophomore and the high-school senior. The tenant in apartment 2B who’s never had a ticket or an accident in 20 years of driving. The distracted shopper who backed...
Apr 1 2004 // Insurance Services Office Inc. (ISO) has introduced a personal auto rating program carriers can use to tailor the cost of insurance for bodily injury and property damage liability and no-fault/medical payments coverage...
Mar 31 2004 // The American International Auto Dealers Association (AIADA) has indicated that traffic safety of aging Americans is fast becoming one of the greatest public safety concerns of government, auto manufacturers, and insurance...
Mar 23 2004 // According to a PEMCO Insurance survey, the person passing you on the highway well above the speed limit is more likely to have an advanced education and earn a higher income than those traveling at safer speeds.The...
Mar 22 2004 // New Jersey Governor James McGreevey took further steps Monday toward a consumer-directed, competitive auto insurance market, announcing the adoption of additional consumer initiatives as part of his auto insurance reforms...
Mar 3 2004 // Superior Court Judge Michael Silverstein rejected the state’s motion to have a judge, rather than a six-person jury, hear the case. The first trial against eight corporations that manufactured lead-based paints for...
Feb 23 2004 // Beginning in March, a new Minnesota law designed to get uninsured drivers off the road will require proof of insurance from both a random sampling as well as “problem drivers” who have previous convictions on...
Feb 9 2004 // Only three of the 19 companies still writing private passenger auto insurance in Massachusetts will offer discounts to safe drivers this year.Five years ago, there were one-third more writers of the coverage and most of...
Feb 9 2004 // A recent study analyzing the driving records of more than one million Americans revealed students had by far the most reported traffic accidents and speeding citations of any occupation. Medical doctors, attorneys,...
Feb 2 2004 // Beginning in March, a new Minnesota law designed to get uninsured drivers off the road will require proof of insurance from both a random sampling as well as “problem drivers” who have previous convictions on...
Jan 7 2004 // Tennessee-based PureSafety announced that the company has expanded its driver safety course library to help meet the comprehensive training & risk management needs of companies operating motor vehicle fleets of any...
Dec 22 2003 // Reliant General Insurance Services announces their newest non-standard auto program underwritten through “B+” rated Occidental Fire & Casualty Company of North Carolina. This monthly direct bill program is...