Avoiding Workplace Accidents
If you walk around the shop and look with a critical eye, you can start reducing accidents today with some serious attention to detail.
Google Reveals Self-Driving Cars Have Been in Accidents
Consumer Watchdog group is calling on technology company to release data about the crashes involving its driverless cars.
Study Finds Collision Avoidance Technology Can Reduce Accidents by 44 Percent
Data mined from 9,891 vehicles that had forward collision warning systems and lane departure warning systems installed.
Is It Okay for an Insurer to Combine Claims in Unrelated Vehicle Accidents?
A third-party claimant came to our non-DRP shop for repairs. Four days later, the at-fault party in his claim got into an unrelated accident, creating a second claim. Now, the insurer is deducting the first claim from the second, even though our customer had nothing to do with the second claim. Can the insurer do this?
Chicago Body Shop Workers Stage Accidents to Scam GEICO
Three former body shop workers from Chicago admitted to staging fake accidents in exchange for kickbacks from a GEICO claims adjuster, the Chicago Tribune reported. Adam Wiktorczyk, Tomasz Klepka and Stanislaw Szczerbinski, who worked at the former AAAA Auto Care, pleaded guilty March 1 to submitting false claims to GEICO. The trio was accused of
CARSTAR Canada Launches New Campaign: ‘Where Accidents Unhappen’
CARSTAR Automotive Canada Inc. announced it’s rebranding itself in 2010 as the place “where accidents unhappen.” The accompanying ad campaign includes radio and television spots that convey to consumers that if they’re ever in an accident, CARSTAR will be there to make their accident “unhappen.” CARSTAR says the new campaign focuses on driving distractions. In
Market Profile: A Dramatic Drop in the Frequency of Auto Accidents
Does it seem like people aren’t crashing their cars as much as they used to? Ever find yourself wishing for a hailstorm or an overpopulation of deer to create chaos on the highways and bring in some business?
Maryland Body Shop Sues State Farm, Allstate Over Steering
Total Recon Auto Center is accusing the insurers of leading an “intentional, malicious campaign” against the repair center, which is an independent Tesla-certified shop.
The Romans Group Releases Annual White Paper on Collision Market
The collision industry hit a new benchmark in 2022 with a total addressable market of $44.8 billion.
This Could Be Your Last Text
A sign I saw on the highway that said “This Could Be Your Last Text” reminded me of my son’s recent car wreck.
