Insurance News - Thursday, August 28, 2014

Here are the leading auto insurance headlines from ONTARIO AUTO INSURANCE TOPICS ON TWITTER for Thursday, August 28, 2014:

• Google has recently admitted that its driverless cars are designed to intentionally break the speed limit by up to 10 miles-per-hour.
• A study suggests digital display advertising is nine times better at creating immediate brand awareness for auto and life insurance providers than a commercial on TV.
• A new California rule says that driverless cars are only legal on public roads if a driver is able to take “immediate physical control,” which means that Google is going to have to make a couple of small adjustments to the cars: fitting that missing steering-wheel and pedals.
• A vehicle-to-vehicle transmitter for only $350 could mean the end of car collisions.
• Ottawa police union claims the collision reporting centres give impaired drivers time to sober up.
• Fast-moving technology runs into slow-moving regulators as U.S. Federal regulators are stalled the approval of driverless cars.