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Insurance and Your Credit Report
Insurance companies use several factors to determine your premiums, including your driving record, age, the type of car you drive, marital status, and your address. But increasingly, companies are using your credit history as an indicator of how likely you are to file a claim. Called an insurance risk score, this controversial number is calculated using a special formula similar...
Preparing for Fall and Winter Driving
Fall is upon us once again and it is time to go through my yearly routine of preparing my vehicle and self for the winter driving months. I have lived in several climates in my lifetime and learned that preparation for the winter driving season is important in all of my living locations. Below is a list of tasks/items I...
Underinsured Motorists With Changing Driving Patterns And Insurance Needs
More than 4 of 10 families survey by Trusted Choice® who said they had a young driver move away from the home hadn't updated their family's auto insurance coverage to reflect that change. Of those who are frequent carpool drivers to a job, school or activities with children, an alarming 85% hadn't changed their liability insurance coverage to reflect the...
Driver Cell Phone Usage on the Rise
The NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) came out with an interesting report earlier in the year which addressed the increasing usage of cell phones in cars. The report states that driver cell phone usage increased in 2005, with 6% of drivers on hand-held phones in 2005 nationwide, compared to 5% in 2004. The 2005 rate translates into 974,000 vehicles...
Anti-Rollover Technology for All Vehicles by 2012
Considered the greatest life saving improvement since the safety belt, the NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) announced a new proposal to require auto manufacturers to install electronic stability control (ESC) as a standard feature on all new passenger vehicles by 2012. ESC systems use automatic computer-controlled braking of individual wheels to help the driver maintain control in situations where...
No More Hand-Held Cell Phone Use While Driving In California
California's governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, signed a bill this week that will ban drivers in the biggest U.S. state from talking on hand-held cell phones will driving. The ban will go into effect in July of 2008. From the first day of July day on, the law will allow drivers to talk on cell phones as long as they use...
Auto Insurance and Staged Auto Accidents
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