Category archives: News

Big Rig Safety Features Fail In Certain Rear Crashes

Published in April 16, 2013 comments closed

By Aaron Crowe If you’re going to hit a big-rig tractor-trailer from behind, you’d better hit it straight in the center if you want to increase your chances of survival. That’s one general conclusion from reading recent test results from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety that show that passenger vehicles that crash into the […]

Electric Carmaker Speeds Into First Profitable Sales Quarter

Published in April 8, 2013 comments closed

Good news for carmaker Tesla Motors http://www.teslamotors.com/.  The maverick electric car company zoomed out of the red and into the black for the first time ever in the first quarter of this year.  Sales of the all-electric Model S, which surpassed expected numbers, are responsible for the Silicon Valley company’s first profitable quarter since its […]

Will Driverless Cars Take The Joy, Responsibility Out Of Driving?

Published in March 27, 2013 comments closed

By Aaron Crowe If you’ve ever driven a convertible on a sunny day, sped a stickshift Maserati through winding hills, or gunned a 1967 Ford Mustang to 100 mph on a desolated road, then you know the joy of driving. I’ve done all of those, and I’ll never forget the fun of those drives. But […]

‘Gas-Saving’ Products To Avoid

Published in March 25, 2013 comments closed

By Aaron Crowe It seems that any time gas prices start rising dramatically, scam artists come out with more products that are supposed to help drivers save gas. They often don’t work, and even if they do work a little bit, it’s nowhere near the double-digit fuel economy improvement that they promise, according to the […]

Consumer Group Puts Banks On Notice For Race-Based Car Loans

Published in March 22, 2013 comments closed

By Aaron Crowe Auto dealers that charge minorities higher interest rates on car loans must stop the discriminatory practice or the banks backing the loans will be sued for unfair lending, a federal watchdog agency announced Thursday. For consumers seeking auto loans through their car dealer, future loans could either be more expensive or cheaper, […]

Idaho Allows Insurers To Not Renew Policies On Vehicles Registered Out Of State

Published in March 18, 2013 comments closed

A recent bill in Idaho which will allow insurers to deny renewal to cars that are registered out of state has made it through the state legislature by a big margin. The bill, HB 11 cleared the state House with a 65-0 vote last month and the Senate passed it by a 34-0 vote on […]

States Are Strengthening Texting While Driving Laws Across The Country

Published in March 7, 2013 comments closed

The anti-texting message is taking hold as lawmakers across the country have introduced bills to raise fines and stiffen penalties for driving while texting. The various pieces of legislation come on the heels of a continuing stream of reports and studies that show that drivers are indifferent to the dangers of texting while driving. A […]

Other Than Segways, States Increasing Penalties For Driving Drunk

Published in February 25, 2013 comments closed

By Aaron Crowe Segway users who drink and drive when using the “personal transporters” recently got a break when a Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled that the Segway isn’t a motor vehicle and drunken driving laws don’t apply to it. Police in Medina, Minn., arrested a man for driving with an alcohol concentration of .08% […]

Marijuana Laws & Drivers in CO & WA | Cheap Car Insurance

Published in February 14, 2013 comments closed

By Aaron Crowe Driving in Colorado and Washington State is getting interesting for marijuana users. Voters in both states passed measures in November making recreational use of the drug legal for those 21 and older, though it can only be smoked in private and not in public or while driving. Driving under the influence of […]

5 Lessons Drivers Can Learn From Lindsay Lohan

Published in February 13, 2013 comments closed

By Aaron Crowe Picking on Lindsay Lohan is easy, what with all of her legal problems that seem to constantly get her in the news. Lohan’s problems, however, can be society’s gain if you consider them from the standpoint of lessons to be learned as a driver. The movie star has a long list of […]

Can the U.S. Learn to Love Diesel? U.S. Manufacturers Aim to Find Out

Published in February 11, 2013 comments closed

If U.S. carmakers have anything to do with it, diesel engines will soon lose the image of being primarily for delivery vehicles and semi-trucks.  European drivers have happily gone the diesel route for decades because of their high performance value and fuel efficiency, but Americans have been slow to adopt the vehicles.  The perception among […]

Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety Report on State Progress

Published in February 7, 2013 comments closed

Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates) recently released their 2013 Roadmap of State Highway Safety Laws which is its 10th annual report card. It grades all 50 states and the District of Columbia on the performance of 15 basic traffic laws. The report this year focused on new incentive grants which are to be […]

Buying A 2014 Corvette Stingray? Be Prepared To Insure It

Published in February 5, 2013 comments closed

By Aaron Crowe Buying a Corvette — the iconic American sports car — is expensive enough at a base price of $56,000 for the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray. Now try insuring it. Introduced at the Detroit Auto Show on Jan. 14, the latest Corvette is the seventh generation of the car and replaces the C6 […]

Guns vs Cars: What Kills More?

Published in February 1, 2013 2 comments

By Aaron Crowe For something that wasn’t designed to kill, a car is more likely to kill you than a gun. Motor vehicle traffic deaths killed 33,687 in 2010, more than the 31,672 firearm deaths that year, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The numbers are close, equating to 10.9 […]

How To Take Away The Keys From An Elderly Driver Who Shouldn’t Be Driving

Published in January 29, 2013 comments closed

By Aaron Crowe One of the most difficult situations to discuss with an elderly relative is whether they should be driving anymore. Some elderly drivers might take it as a personal affront that their freedom to drive when they want is being taken away. Family concerns not only include the health of the elderly driver, […]

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