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With emerging automated driving technology, self-driving cars may soon have the capability to talk to each other and form a platoon on a highway. The vehicle at the very front of the platoon controls the speed. The following vehicles then … Source: Claims Journal

The Federal Emergency Management Agency should take back $2 billion dollars in grants approved to fix New Orleans sewers and water pipes damaged by Hurricane Katrina, and to repair streets afterward, a federal audit says. FEMA says no. The Department … Source: Claims Journal

Federal legislation was again introduced to streamline the claims process during disasters by offering model adjuster licensing and testing requirements to states. Originally introduced in 2012 by Representative Stephen Lee Fincher in the house as H.R. 6415 and then reintroduced … Source: Claims Journal

Officials say rides shut down at the Ohio State Fair after a thrill ride broke apart and killed a man are open after being re-inspected. Fair officials made the announcement Sunday morning. Some rides, mostly in the fair’s Kiddie Land, … Source: Claims Journal

A law banning Honolulu pedestrians from using cellphones and other electronic devices while crossing the street will be going into effect Oct. 25. Mayor Kirk Caldwell called the city’s new law one he wishes it didn’t have to pass, but … Source: Claims Journal

Fifty years after actress Jayne Mansfield died in a Buick that slammed underneath a tractor-trailer, auto safety advocates say regulations inspired by that gruesome crash need updating to prevent hundreds of similar deaths annually. “We’re asking Congress to pass a … Source: Claims Journal

A trucking company has agreed to pay $11 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of a South Carolina trucker who burned to death last year after colliding with a gasoline tanker that was blocking a rural highway … Source: Claims Journal

Scandal-plagued Wells Fargo is back in hot water for signing customers up for products that they didn’t need or want. This time it’s auto insurance, and the bank says it may have cost about 20,000 people their cars. San Francisco-based … Source: Claims Journal

Weeks after a sinkhole swallowed two Florida homes, the displaced renters may be able to recover their lost property – if they are willing to sift through the mess left behind, a local official said Thursday. Debris from the sinkhole … Source: Claims Journal

The U.S. government’s auto safety agency has expanded an investigation into complaints of exhaust fumes inside Ford Explorer SUVs, adding two model years and nearly 400,000 vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Thursday night that the probe now … Source: Claims Journal