All the headlines from our Personal Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 16 2021 // As the restrictions around COVID-19 are lifted, and more and more people hit the road to return to their work spaces and routines, there has been a familiar refrain: “People have forgotten how to drive.” Is it...
Jul 8 2021 // Maricela Pantjoa Vidrio, 31, of Fairfield, Calif., and Areshma Kiran, 35, of Sacramento, Calif., were charged on multiple felony counts of insurance fraud after allegedly conspiring to misrepresent the facts following an...
Jul 5 2021 // Louisiana has created a framework for self-driving delivery devices to drop off packages on the state’s streets, under a bill backed by lawmakers and Gov. John Bel Edwards.The new personal delivery device law...
Jul 2 2021 // A Tesla Inc. Model S Plaid electric vehicle burst into flames on Tuesday while the owner was driving, just three days after the $129,900, top-of-the-range car was delivered following its June launch, an attorney for the...
Jun 25 2021 // Uber has agreed to pay more than $3.4 million to 15,000 drivers after making mistakes related to Seattle’s pioneering paid sick leave law covering gig workers.Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Seattle City Council in...
Jun 21 2021 // Even though Americans drove less in 2020 due to the pandemic, early estimates of crash fatalities from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reveal the largest...
Jun 18 2021 // Waymo, the self-driving car pioneer spun off from Google, isn’t allowing a recent wave of executive departures to detour its plans to expand its robotic taxi service.The Mountain View, California, company made that...
Jun 18 2021 // Louisiana has created a framework for self-driving delivery robots to drop off packages on the state’s streets, under a bill backed by lawmakers and Gov. John Bel Edwards.The new personal delivery device law...
Jun 15 2021 // The increased use of ridesharing apps appears to be associated with a decrease in motor vehicle collisions and impaired driving convictions,.That’s according to research by The University of Texas Health Science...
Jun 10 2021 // U.S. truck fleet operator J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. and autonomous vehicle technology company Waymo will test human-supervised, self-driving trucks to deliver cargo between Houston and Fort Worth, Texas, expanding...
Jun 9 2021 // An amorous cicada was blamed for causing a car crash in Cincinnati, Ohio.The insect flew through an open window, striking the driver in the face on Monday night, Cincinnati police said. The motorist drove off Riverside...
Jun 8 2021 // Louisiana senators put the brakes on a bill that would have required motorists to use a handsfree device or speaker mode to talk on a cellphone while driving.The proposal by Republican Rep. Mike Huval fell one vote short...
Jun 8 2021 // General Motors Co. plans to offer subscriptions for its Onstar Guardian security services to anyone in the United States or Canada who wants to download a smartphone app, expanding beyond owners of GM vehicles in a step to...
Jun 4 2021 // Even though Americans drove less in 2020 due to the pandemic, early estimates of crash fatalities from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released Thursday reveal...
Jun 4 2021 // TALLAHASSEE, Fla. —For years, Florida has been reminding motorists not to use flashing hazard lights while driving.Well starting soon, feel free to flash away _ but only on the highway. And only in heavy rain or...
Jun 3 2021 // FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A fiery 2019 Florida interstate crash that killed five children from a Louisiana church headed to Walt Disney World was caused by a truck driver who hid his long medical history becoming...
May 28 2021 // A proposed class-action lawsuit claims popular Western Washington chain restaurant Zeeks Pizza withheld wages, tips and other money owed to delivery drivers.Seattle attorney Toby Marshall filed the suit on behalf of Zeeks...
May 27 2021 // Firefighters in suburban St. Louis said it’s astonishing no one was injured in a weekend crash that saw a car flip end-over-end down an embankment and crash through the roof of a home just feet from where two people...
May 25 2021 // Louisiana drivers would have to use a handsfree device or put their cellphones on speaker mode to talk on the phone while driving or risk a fine from police, under a proposal that won House backing.Republican Rep. Mike...
May 24 2021 // A debate over who to blame — or sue — when a self-driven car hits someone is holding up legislation the industry says it needs to advance.“If another driver hits you, it’s clear who the driver...