By Aaron Crowe The throaty rumble of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle is a sound that’s hard to miss and easy to distinguish. For Californians, it’s a sound becoming more familiar on the state’s highway as the California Highway Patrol is replacing its fleet of BMW motorcycles with Harley-Davidsons. As a brand that has grown on its […]

By Aaron Crowe When a child dies in the backseat of a hot car because their parent forgot they were there, the decision to charge the parent with murder, or any crime, isn’t consistent, according to an analysis by a child advocacy group of heat-related child fatalities in cars. A felony murder is rare in […]

By Aaron Crowe For some things, such as a rose, what we call it really doesn’t matter. As William Shakespeare put it, “That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” For automakers, unfortunately, that doesn’t hold true when naming a new car. A name can be a good first […]

By Aaron Crowe As the father of teenage daughters and an attorney who specializes in texting and driving accidents, Scott C. Gottlieb knows firsthand how much teen girls like to share everything they do and think with their friends. “This can result in a constant barrage of sending and receiving messages, often from many teen […]

By Aaron Crowe As a professional negotiator who helps people buy cars, Mike Rabkin was surprised when a friend he was helping was unwittingly sold an extended service contract for a new Honda CRV. The dealer’s finance department, not the sales department, sold the extended warranty for $1,500. After Rabkin called the sales manager to […]

By Aaron Crowe Almost one-fourth of drivers feel they’ve come close to causing an accident while using their cellphone while driving, according to a recent survey by CheapCarInsurance.net. Overall, 28% of those surveyed say they’ve texted, emailed or browsed the Internet while driving, a part of distracted driving that the Centers for Disease Control and […]

By Aaron Crowe A 1989 California law that requires insurers to get approval from state officials for rate hikes has resulted in California being the only state to see rates drop during that time. Between 1989 and 2010, while every other state saw substantial increases in auto insurance expenditures, California drivers saw their insurance costs […]