January 13, 2006
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates) recently released its 3rd annual highway safety report, “2006 Roadmap to State Highway Safety Laws-Players, Politics and Progress,” that rates each state and the District of Columbia on their progress in adopting 14 …
January 9, 2006
Acting National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairman Mark Rosenker has urged the consumer electronics industry to help reduce the tragic toll of deaths and injuries on the nation’s roadways by bringing technology to bear on the problem of “distracted drivers.” …
December 30, 2005
New penalties for drunk drivers, street racers, and “pocket bike” riders – along with improvements to California’s teen driving requirements – are among the laws taking effect as of Sunday, Jan. 1, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California. …
December 1, 2005
To help save lives and encourage good driving habits during teens’ first years on the road, MetLife Auto & Home is introducing the company’s “Teens on the Road to Safety” program to customers in 11 states: Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, …
November 7, 2005
The Allstate Foundation has released a comprehensive report on teen driving, featuring an in-depth study of teen attitudes complemented by recent discoveries from adolescent-development experts. The debut of the report, Chronic: A Report on the State of Teen Driving, also …
September 21, 2005
The Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) is asking Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to sign into law highway safety legislation that would target street racing and beginning teen drivers. “Insurers are always concerned about highway safety. We believe two bills pending …
August 28, 2005
The Rhode Island Division of Motor Vehicles sent out letters this weekend to 11,000 new teenage drivers in Rhode Island alerting them to a new law that limits the number of underage passengers who can ride with them. There had …
July 7, 2005
American drivers say the aggressive and distracted behavior of other drivers is more aggravating than traffic delays, road construction and personal stress combined. That’s the finding of a new national poll of motorists who, ironically, admitted to many of the …
May 29, 2005
The American Insurance Association (AIA) is praising Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich (R) for signing a host of bills designed to increase teen driver safety. The bills include HB 393, which bars novice teen drivers from carrying teenage passengers who are …
May 2, 2005
Many Americans carry automobile insurance. In case of an accident (whether it was your fault or the other driver’s) an insurance policy covers you . First, drivers need to meet their deductible, and if it were their fault, then there …