Distracted driving has become a deadly epidemic on our roads. Cell phone use -- specifically, texting, talking, and social media use -- has become the most common distraction.

Parts of the Midwest and South devastated by catastrophic tornadoes will have almost no time to recover before another round of dangerous storms takes aim at hard-hit areas.

Around 1 a.m. on March 6, a driverless car from the tech startup Cruise was trying to make a left turn when it encountered something its algorithms probably couldn’t predict: An Infiniti Q50 performing ‘donuts,’ a popular and unlawful pastime for some of the city’s night owls, in the middle of the intersection.

Travelers Cos. released its annual survey on the leading causes of distracted driving in the face of an alarming reality: more than 46,000 people died in preventable traffic crashes in the United States in 2022.

Hyundai and Kia are telling the owners of more than 571,000 SUVs and minivans in the U.S. to park them outdoors because the tow hitch harnesses can catch fire while they are parked or being driven.

Investigators didn’t have to look far to find evidence allegedly showing a Yucaipa couple intentionally causing dozens of car crashes to fraudulently collect insurance money.

An EF4 tornado tore through the western Mississippi town of Rolling Fork on Friday night, causing total destruction as it ripped through the small, tight-knit community. The outbreak of storms left at least 26 dead across the Southeast, and communities face a lengthy road to recovery.

A judge has granted class action certification to a lawsuit involving 39 plaintiffs across 26 states -- including Michigan -- that accuses General Motors of knowingly selling cars with faulty transmissions.

Michigan State Police said 150 vehicles were involved in a highway pileup Saturday, leading to 16 people being transported to area hospitals, none with serious injuries.

A new antitrust class action has been filed against Tesla accusing the company of unlawfully curbing competition for maintenance and replacement parts, which the lawsuit claims has resulted in exorbitant prices and long wait times for repairs.

How safe are electric vehicles? It’s a question that keeps coming up in different ways in my role overseeing our vehicle crashworthiness evaluations.

One by one, states have begun to recognize a vehicle owner’s third-party claim for residual diminished value damage, or ‘stigma damage’, which is the loss of value of an automobile that remains after it is completely and professionally repaired. It is the loss of value that results from the simple fact that the vehicle has been in an accident.

Many advanced technologies can reduce the number of lives lost on U.S. roads, but full or partial automation is not one of them, David Harkey, president of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, said in a virtual Capitol Hill briefing March 7.

Earlier in my career I handled a subrogation case involving a brand-new vehicle which was lightly tapped from the rear by a careless driver. The damage to the vehicle was very minimal, yet the vehicle was declared a total loss by my client because its frame had been ‘jiggled’ and the cost to repair the frame, together with the diminution in value of the vehicle after successful frame repair and increased salvage value exceeded the actual cash value of the vehicle.

Looks like some of Tesla’s shareholders are feeling betrayed by Elon Musk and his merry band of executives. Investors have filed a lawsuit accusing the company of exaggerating the capabilities of its self-driving tech and putting people’s lives at risk.