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State Hands-Free Cell Phone Law Reducing Number Of Drivers Using Device In Vehicle, According To Auto Club Surveys

January 07, 2009 Transportation and Traffic Safety

Editors: A downloadable broadcast-quality interview video of Steven Bloch discussing the study is available. (LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7, 2009) - The use of hand-held cell phones by California motorists dropped by two-thirds in the first three...

Auto Club: Watch Out, It's Pothole Season

January 06, 2009 Insurance & Consumer Tips, Transportation and Traffic Safety, Automotive

(LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5, 2009) - The combination of cold temperatures and the recent winter rains, which in some areas of Southern California produced ice, sleet and snowfall, is causing the emergence of new potholes. Potholes, caused by water working its...

Auto Club: Gas Prices Rise With New Year

January 01, 2009 Weekly Fuel Prices Report, Gas Prices

(LOS ANGELES, Jan. 2, 2009) – Gas prices continued inching upward over the past week, but Southern California drivers are still paying less at the pump than at any time in the last five years, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California’s...

Auto Club: How To Create A Winter Roadside Emergency Kit For Your Car

December 30, 2008 Travel, Transportation and Traffic Safety, Automotive

(LOS ANGELES, Dec. 26, 2008) – With scores of auto travelers hitting the roads this winter during rainstorms and expected snow, the Automobile Club of Southern California reminds motorists that it’s important to be prepared for a possible break down...

Auto Club Offers Tipsy Tow For New Year's Holiday

December 30, 2008 Transportation and Traffic Safety, Automotive

(LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30, 2008) — California drinking and driving crashes among younger drivers has increased in recent years, according to data analyzed by the Automobile Club of Southern California. To help reduce those statistics by keeping drinking...

Auto Club: Year's End Brings Gas Price Increases

December 26, 2008 Weekly Fuel Prices Report, Gas Prices

(LOS ANGELES, Dec.26, 2008) – The end of the trend is official – Southern California gas prices posted their first net weekly Friday-to-Friday increase in six months, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California’s Weekend Gas Watch. The...

Auto Club: New Motorist Laws For 2009 Target Texting, GPS Devices; Also Increase Fees On Drivers

December 25, 2008 Transportation and Traffic Safety, Automotive

(LOS ANGELES, Dec. 26, 2008) - New laws taking effect on Jan. 1 in California will ban text messaging while driving, regulate the positioning of GPS devices in vehicles, and increase fees levied on motorists in a variety of categories, according to the...

Auto Club: Double-Digit Decreases End As Holiday Travel Begins; Southland Gas Prices Begin Ticking Upward

December 18, 2008 Weekly Fuel Prices Report, Gas Prices

(LOS ANGELES, Dec. 19, 2008) - Although Southern California gas prices posted a net decrease over the past week, they have inched upward over the past few days, ending a three-month streak of daily declines just as the holiday travel season kicks into...

'Tis The Season To Lock Keys In Cars; Auto Club Offers Holiday Advice: Keep Keys With You At All Times

December 17, 2008 Transportation and Traffic Safety, Automotive

(LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17, 2008) --Southern Californian Auto Club members lock themselves out of their vehicles more often during the holiday-filled month of December than any other time of the year, according to statistics compiled by the Automobile Club...

Holiday Savings And Travel Tips From The Auto Club

December 16, 2008 Travel, Insurance & Consumer Tips, Corporate Information

(LOS ANGELES, Dec. 16, 2008) – Lower gas prices are putting a little more green in shoppers’ pockets for them to spend this holiday season, but economic concerns will still make many consumers want to stretch their shopping budget dollars as much as...

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The Automobile Club of Southern California is a member club affiliated with the American Automobile Association (AAA) national federation and serves members in the following California counties: Inyo, Imperial, Kern, Los Angeles, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Tulare, and Ventura.

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