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ADAS ‘Here to Stay,’ Says American Honda Asst. Manager, Could Be New Income Stream for Shops by Stacey Phillips
Adaptive Cruise Control, Blind Spot Information and Collision Mitigation Braking Systems are just some of the Advanced Driver Assist Systems (ADAS) in vehicles today. According to Scott Kaboos, the assistant manager of collision marketing for American Honda Motor Co., not only will these systems prevent accidents in the future, but there may also be fewer claims on vehicles that are equipped with these systems. Kaboos discussed “Honda ADAS Systems: Today and Tomorrow” dur-
ing a recent Guild 21 podcast. Presentations are sponsored by VeriFacts Automotive. “Love them or hate them, ADAS Systems are probably here to stay,” said Kaboos. “The question is: ‘Are they going to be effective?’” During his Guild 21 presentation, Kaboos shared information from a study compiled by a major insurance company partner regarding 26,039 Honda Civic vehicles from the 2016 model year. “We compared how many vehicles were drivable vs. non-drivable after an accident,” he said. “We noticed See ADAS, Page 4
Former Dade City, FL, Police Officer Charged With Insurance Fraud, Charged with ‘Chop Shop’ Operation
filed a police report in May 2017 claiming his 2015 Dodge Ram 1500 truck was stolen from Rancho Bonito in Lakeland. He also contacted his insurance company and filed an auto theft claim, which was paid in the amount of $24,712.72, detectives said. In October 2017, Hobby’s truck was located at After Hours Diesel Service, which is owned by Bruce Dewayne Wilson. Investigators say Wilson and Hobby orchestrated a scheme to falsely report the truck as stolen and sell most of its parts. Agents later learned Carl “Chuck” Roach Jr. knew See Former Cop Charged, Page 58
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A former Dade City, FL, police officer was arrested Jan. 18 for insurance fraud among other charges, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. The officer, Jonathan Lance Hobby and two others, Bruce Dewayne Wilson Jr. and Carl “Chuck” Roach Jr., were charged with conspiracy to deal in stolen property and operating a chop shop. Hobby and Wilson were also charged with conspiracy to commit insurance fraud. Hobby alone faces two additional charges: insurance fraud and filing a false police report, the agency said. According to detectives, Hobby
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CCC Drops Proposed Charges, Makes Other ‘Secure Share’ Changes
would have to pay CCC $0.50 for each estimate they received. CCC has now Following months of industry criticism halted plans for the $0.50 toll. The company also said that contrary as well as recent strategic announceto its announced plans, it will ments from its competitors, CCC Information Services still allow such data transfers to said in late December that be done via the commonly used “Estimate Management it was making significant Standard (EMS)” data export changes to its new “Secure file rather than requiring the Share” data exchange reuse of the newer “Business quirements scheduled to go Message Suite (BMS)” data into effect in April. Mark Fincher of export file. This will allow CCC had said that beCCC Information Services said the third-party vendors more flexginning next spring, all CCC company was ibility in implementing sysONE collision repair shop dropping its plans tems to accept BMS files. estimate data transfers to for added fees and third-parties—such as shop making changes to CCC also said it has made management systems, rental changes to its terms of agreeother elements of car companies or CSI its “Secure Share” ment in an effort to alleviate data exchange some of the other concerns providers—would have to go system voiced by industry vendors. through Secure Share (rather “CCC is committed to facilitating than shops sharing the data directly as they do now), and those third-parties See Secure Share, Page 4 by John Yoswick
‘Law Could Turn Tennessee Into Dumping Ground For Dangerous Cars’ Says Consumer Advocate A new law could put countless dangerous cars on Tennessee roads by allowing dealers to easily sell cars under safety recall, according to consumer advocates. “It basically makes Tennessee a dumping ground for unsafe cars that will kill people,” said Andy Spears with Tennessee Citizen Action. “And now there’s an incentive for dealers in other states to ship their dangerous cars here to our dealers, because now we have a way to get rid of those cars.” Under federal law, new vehicles with open recalls cannot be sold. But the ban doesn't extend to used vehicles. That gap has frustrated efforts by manufacturers and safety regulators to improve recall repair rates, as vehicles under recall get harder to track as they pass from owner to owner. Efforts in Congress to close the loophole sput-
tered amid opposition from dealer groups, as did an effort by AutoNation to withhold recalled used cars from the retail market. The Motor Vehicle Recall and Disclosure Act allows used car dealers to sell vehicles under safety recall as long as the buyer signs a disclosure form. But advocates like Spears argue a majority of buyers will overlook that sheet of paper, which will likely be lumped in with the dozens of other forms a person is asked to sign while buying a car. The law, which took effect Jan. 1 and was supported by the state's dealer lobby, doesn't bar the sale of used vehicles with pending recalls. Rather, it requires dealers to check a recall database before selling a vehicle and either perform the recall repair or notify the customer of any defect. See TN Safety Recall, Page 26
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