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There was an interesting question posed in the New York Times today: "Would you let your insurance company electronically monitor your driving if you knew it might result in a discount?"
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Cars
Would you Letting Big Brother Watch Over Your Driving if it Saved You Insurance Money?
There was an interesting question posed in the New York Times today: "Would you let your insurance company electronically monitor your driving if you knew it might result in a discount?"
In plain terms, a black box in your car would monitor a bunch of different variables to determine what sort of risk factor you present (ultimately letting insurance companies know how much to charge you).
The box would be recording "not only how many miles [people] drive, but how they drive those miles." Other factors would include miles per year, acceleration/deceleration, how aggressively/defensively the car is driven, and where (if GPS-equipped).
- Quality Humor Puts Car Insurance Companies Into Perspective
We take mandatory car insurance for granted now and think it’s definitely a must for civilized traffic and providing reparations for any potential mishap. But how many times have the insurance companies held up their end of the deal to the letter?...
- State Farm Agent Has A Bad Day
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We know that you might be expecting to hear a deep voice coming from the background saying, "I'm in good hands", but instead what you will be hearing in this video after the crash is a whole lot of "Oh's" and an assortment...
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To celebrate the big 7-5, Jaguar has rolled out its XJ220-inspired 780-horsepower C-X75 RE-EV (range-extended electric vehicle) concept. Power for this looker is supplied by electric motors working in conjunction with "micro gas-turbines",...
- Insurance Survey Says Teen Girls Speed More Than Boys...
Allstate Insurance Company recently did a nationwide survey of teenage drivers (the worst kind) consisting of 1,063 people and found out some not-so-surprising facts. Of the teenage females surveyed, 48% said they were "likely to drive 10 miles...