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Beware of the $16,000 cocktail. Just in time for St. Patrick's Day partying, the Automobile Club of Southern California has calculated that a first-offense misdemeanor DUI conviction can now cost up to $15,649 in California. That’s up 29% from...

With three weeks left in the General Assembly session, Gov. Martin O'Malley and legislative leaders have begun the painstaking process of rounding up the votes to raise taxes on gasoline — a move so unpopular it hasn't been done here since 1992....

It was a long day for AAA tow truck driver Jon Burgette, going from one wreck to the next.  Kansas drivers are out of practice driving in snow and ice. "One minute it's dry, one minute it's wet.  You don't have much time to prepare for it," Burgette...

Fostering forehead-slapping situations like forgetting to shut off the car before exiting or not knowing how to kill the engine in an emergency, the convenience of the "smart key" has brought with it new opportunities for motorists to feel stupid.......

On the surface, those doggie seatbelts and car harnesses featured in catalogs seem like a good idea. After all, if we buckle up on the road, shouldn’t our pets? The difference is that while human seatbelts are carefully tested and held to strict...

Only one driver has been cited in Somerset County for texting while driving in the year since the ban went into effect.   And that driver wasn't caught on any local road — he was cited on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Somerset County.   The...

Get ready to start your car with your phone. The metal car key is fast disappearing, replaced by “smart” electronic car keys and fobs.  Now AAA says it expects smart keys to be transitional technology, soon to be replaced by people’s...

The whirs and hisses of drills and welding torches carry outside a warehouse tucked away in a Fort Lauderdale office park. Inside, rows of step vans and delivery trucks are being reborn as food trucks. As mobile eateries have flourished in South Florida...

An automaker and an advocacy group have taken on in-car animal safety as a mutual pet project. Subaru and the Center for Pet Safety, a nonprofit research organization, have teamed up to fund testing of car safety restraints for pets,......

Q: I wonder if you can shed some light on this annoying problem I'm experiencing. During the winter months, I am told by various mechanics that the gasoline industry puts certain additives in our gas that in turn lowers my car's fuel mileage. Why are...

You've probably noticed a bit of a change when you fill up at the gas pump. Prices are higher and the money in your pocket is lower. Just in the past 30 days, gas prices have soared 35 cents in Virginia. AAA Mid-Atlantic says prices went up in...

A Circuit Court judge has ruled that Baltimore County's contract with its speed camera vendor is illegal, because it pays the company a cut of each citation issued — a ruling that could help others challenge their citations in court. While Judge...