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Most small car designs earned poor ratings in side-impact crash tests recently conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

Two men have been sentenced to state prison for concocting an insurance fraud scheme that netted more than $25,000 in stolen automobile accident settlement monies.

U.S. Rep. Joe Barton (R.-Texas), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, has introduced new legislation that is a scaled-back version of last year's Motor Vehicle Owner's Right to Repair Act.

Access to vehicle collision data from Event Data Recorders is under consideration in a number of states this year, and the NHTSA is seeking to promulgate regulation regarding such data.

The motorcycle most likely to be targeted by thieves is Suzuki's GSX-R Series, according to a recent study of claim data on more than two million motorcycles insured over the past three years.