Cambridge Mobile Telematics (CMT)’s “The State of Distracted Driving in 2023 & the Future of Road Safety” report found that drivers interacted with phones on nearly 58% of their trips and Vice President of Insurance [...]
A newly-released J.D. Power report is shedding light on the latest property and casualty insurance trends, laying out the pain points prompting customers to switch insurers. J.D. Power’s 5 Factors Influencing Insurance Shopping report detailed [...]
In response to an April 7 brief from the Alliance for Automotive Innovation (AAI) regarding alleged compliance and legality issues with a soon-to-be enforced Data Access Law in Massachusetts the state’s attorney general says AAI [...]
High school graduates are increasingly pursuing careers in the trades rather than enrolling in colleges or universities, statistics indicate. Last year, higher education enrollment in the U.S. dropped by 4 million students, according to the [...]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Tuesday published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to consider requirements for trailer and semitrailer side underride guards. NHTSA seeks comments on approaches to potentially mitigate or eliminate [...]
A vehicle glass replacement bill that seeks to prevent collision repair shops from fighting insurance companies over underpayment on behalf of their customers and would prohibit insurance carriers and auto glass shops from steering has [...]
Dorn’s Body & Paint technician Joseph “Raven” Lewis got his start in the collision repair industry in high school where he took tech classes and now leads a successful career but he wishes he and [...]
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is calling for new, “more stringent” emissions to accelerate production of battery electric vehicles (BEVs). It proposed in a 758-page notice released last week that its latest multi-pollutant emission standard [...]
The rise of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) in vehicles has made proper calibration during repairs vital, CCC Intelligent Solutions said in its April trends report. The company said in its latest analysis that up [...]
A new data privacy concern regarding scan tool end-user license agreements (EULAs) was brought to the attention of the collision repair industry last week during the Collision Industry Conference (CIC)’s meeting in Richmond, Virginia. An [...]
