TweetThe question is being raised more and more. Can I get better auto insurance rates on hybrid and EV cars and trucks? Well. No. Right now it is still more expensive to insure a hybrid than their gasoline brethren, although … Continue reading
Category Archives: Car Insurance
Parents Delaying Their Teen Drivers Due to Insurance Costs
TweetHaving been raised by a child of the Depression, I feel safe in saying the full effects of this recession will take a long time to make themselves fully felt. One consequence, however, is that 66 percent of parents are … Continue reading
Vehicle Crashes Involving Deer on the Rise
TweetWhen State Farm released its data on collisions between cars and deer, I was a little miffed that Texas didn’t make the top ten. I was raised with injunctions to “watch the bar ditch” long before I ever took the … Continue reading
Kudos to Kentucky County with Driving Simulator
TweetEvery now and then I read something about a driver safety course that makes me really want to take it. No, not the kind where you go to some bad seafood chain restaurant, eat greasy fish, and listen to two … Continue reading
Avoid Summer Vehicular Insurance Fraud
TweetYou may have seen the Florida tourism ads in the last few weeks assuring people that the water and beaches are clean and oil free. (Frankly, they’re begging folks to come on down and spend money. Perfectly understandable.) What they … Continue reading
Vermont Latest State to Ban Texting While Driving
TweetAs of Tuesday, texting while driving is illegal in Vermont. Vermont governor, Jim Douglas, signed the law allowing the ban on June 1st at Montpelier High School, making his state the 25th to have such legislation. In addition to a … Continue reading
Oklahoma Impound Law Advances
TweetOklahoma is one step closer to having a law that would allow police officers to impound uninsured vehicles. House Bill 2331, co -authored by state Senator Gary Stanislawski and state Representative Steve Martin passed the House of Representatives (93-3) and … Continue reading
New York has Least Knowledgeable Drivers, Survey Says
TweetIt may not come as much of a surprise, but the country’s least knowledgeable drivers hail from New York, New Jersey, Hawaii, and California. Conversely, the most knowledgeable motorists are in Idaho, Wisconsin, Montana and Kansas – well, at least … Continue reading
State Farm Files First Pay-As-You-Drive Plan in California
TweetThe Insurance Journal is reporting that State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. has submitted the first application of offer a pay-as-you-drive program in the State of California. Such programs reward drivers who have low mileage with reduced car insurance rates. … Continue reading
Fiesta Auto Insurance Announces New Offices, Expansion Plans
TweetIt may be a bit late in the season to be thinking about it, but Huntington Beach, Calif.-based Fiesta Auto Insurance, an insurance franchise that also offers tax preparation services, has announced the opening of twenty new offices during the … Continue reading