Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 09/13/2011 6:01:25 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
State regulators have approved an auto insurance policy that rewards car owners for driving less and potentially emitting fewer pollutants into the atmosphere.
The new program, called SAVE, will go on sale in January by CSE Safeguard Insurance Co. Motorists will be charged only for the number of miles they drive.
"This is a true pay-by-the-mile program, where our customers pay for the miles they drive," said CSE President Pierre Bize. "Not only are drivers reporting their actual mileage, they are reimbursed for the difference between their estimated and actual annual mileage."
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LOL! Those wacky Californians. What will they think of next?
Just amazing how this formerly lovely and American-to-the-core state has turned into a total mockery of everything that is good. I don’t understand how any honest and decent Christian could continue living in that cesspool.
also, you could pay people to breathe less because
they are exhaling that evil
carbon dioxide.
/s
so are they charged more to pay less ?
They will lose money, only people who drive very little will buy the insurance. Hopefully for their sake they are good drivers.
This is simply a way for the gov’t to monitor how many miles we drive and where - tracking.
And ration books will follow - your ‘allowance’ based on hos many miles YOU need to get back and forth to YOUR job and grocery store.
this is ONLY about control
On a percentage basis, you drive less, you have fewer accidents? You might think so. But insurance rates are based on population of drivers, not frequency of use. The probability of someone being in an accident is a function of the number of potential automobiles involved, not frequency.
It is true if you didn’t drive at all you’d be less likely to have an auto accident and your rates could be lower. But just as probable is the one time in 3 weeks you do drive and you’re involved in an accident caused by you or someone else. This insurance company will lose big time, unless they have many hold harmless clauses predicated on “were you driving more than you said you would”. The, uh, “we won’t Pay” clause. Really silly idea.
A couple of years ago when gas was well over $4 a gallon, I drove my one ton dually Checy only 398 miles. I wonder how State Farm would have handled that????
A couple of years ago when gas was well over $4 a gallon, I drove my one ton dually Chevy only 398 miles. I wonder how State Farm would have handled that????
My 4x4 crew cab truck sees a lot of miles, so this might cost me too much. My Jeep sees pretty few miles (it’s a toy), so maybe this plan would be good for the Jeep.
Like that will really work.
One can think of N reasons why it won’t (where N is a large number), but what the heck...’tis useless to use math and logic with a liberal...especially CA libs ... who shamelessly occupy the intellectual bottom in the spectrum of liberal incompetence.
Moronic.
We Mexifornians value our state as a CAR STATE. It’s almost impossible to drive around Socal without a car. I would tell you the story 5 years ago taking the last known bus from Compton to Hollywood at midnight, and Freepers will think I’m racist..
What kind of Jeep do you have? Mods?
Ping.
'76 CJ5, fairly stock. 304 V8, Suspension, axle mods, tires, wheels and a racy pretty red paint job.
I think that I am both honest and decent and I will live here the rest of my life! Just why is California singled out? Because we are 10% of the population? I can name a half a dozen states that have worse political management than does California. Try New Jersey, where you have to have a lawyer to sell your home and your property taxes are triple what they are here. Try Illinois where they just raised their income taxes 67%. Or take my wife’s home state of Nevada where Las Vegas, the cesspool of the south stinks up an otherwise fine place to live. If you don’t live in Mexico City ( aka Los Angeles) or San Francisco ( home of the fruits and nuts), it’s a great place to live. All that said, I am hopeful that the If it’s Brown, Flush It Administration is going to drive the final nail in our Socialist/Marxist government and we will collapse financially. That will be the beginning of our renewal. Besides, FR is based in California.
It is believed that infrequent drivers are the worst. Driving skills must be maintained, and that requires a lot of driving in diverse conditions. Low mileage drivers are usually at loss once they leave the known area - and occasionally they have to do that to see a doctor, to meet people at an airport, etc. That's where they may get in trouble. You often need to know some intersections and roads to drive safely instead of diving for an exit across three lanes of freeway and 50 feet of distance. Just today I was on a road (that I know well) that has 50 mph speed limit and a traffic light carefully hidden behind a turn and a bunch of trees. You can't see the light until it's upon you. If you know the road it's not a problem.
This one just begging to be abused.How will they go about verifying miles driven? GPS tracking? If they’re trusting odometers they may be taking a bath on this
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