Car Insurance
Auto engineers: Mileage rules will hurt safety
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Stringent fuel economy requirements like those set for 2025 will be impossible to meet without sacrificing the safety of the vehicles we’ll drive in the future. That’s the prevailing opinion of most automotive engineers surveyed by the industry publication Wards Automotive. About 75% of …
Sen. Gillibrand: Teen driver proposal moving
ALBANY, N.Y. - Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand says her proposals for a national teen driver safety plan have been approved by a key Senate committee. Gillibrand’s Safe Teen and Novice Driver Uniform Protection Act would set a minimum age of 16 for driver’s licenses and a minimum age of 18 …
Governor Takes Spin in Driverless Car
Gov. Brian Sandoval got behind the wheel of a Toyota Prius on Wednesday -and left the driving to a computer for a test drive through the capital and a scenic valley. Sandoval became the first governor in the nation to test drive the robot-car technology Google Inc. is testing …
Radar system makes this a smart car
You’re driving down the highway, the cruise control set to 70. You come up behind a slow-moving car. There’s no room to pass, yet no need to hit the brakes. The car slows automatically. When the outside lane is clear, you flip on your blinker, pull out, and let …
Car theft tamed by technology, aggressive police work
Car thefts are going the way of the pay phone. The scourge of thieves jamming a screwdriver into a car’s ignition and joy-riding with friends has nearly become a thing of the past, part of a dramatic regional and national decline in auto theft that is the result of …
Toyota System Can Sense Pedestrians, Avoid Accidents
Toyota has developed a safety system that can automatically stop a car in the moments before a collision with a pedestrian. The system, which will begin appearing in Toyota cars in the near future, is built on existing pre-collision detection technology that is already fitted in some Toyota cars …
Not Buying Uninsured Motorist Coverage Can Be A Costly Mistake In Florida Since Nearly One-Fourth of Drivers Are Uninsured
There are more than 640 traffic crashes reported each day in Florida, and there is close to a one-in-four chance that if an insured driver is injured, the at-fault driver is uninsured, according to an analysis of insurance claims by the Insurance Research Council (IRC). Driving without insurance is against …
Poll shows U.S. drivers distracted by dogs
U.S. driving skills are going to the dogs. That’s the gist of a new survey by AAA and the pet product company Kurgo that examined the driving habits of American dog owners. The study finds that drivers are frequently distracted by their canine passengers in multiple ways: from restraining …
New GM cars for sale, auto insurance included
In addition to airbags, satellite radio, and OnStar, some new GM vehicles will also come with free auto insurance for one year. GM vehicle sales increased dramatically this year, but they’re still sluggish in Washington and Oregon. To give sales in the Pacific Northwest a boost, the auto manufacturer …
Lapsing auto insurance to save money can cost up to 12 percent more
Lapsed car insurance policies can lead to up to a 12% increase in insurance rates, according to a new analysis. Drivers who let their most recent auto insurance coverage lapse before purchasing a new policy paid an average of 5.7% more than the $1,405 paid for annual coverage by …