Re: Speeding, Tailgating, and Reckless Driving

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From: Eric Anderson
Date: Fri, 03 Jul 1998 00:00

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On Fri, 03 Jul 1998 09:02:58 -0400, DPH <76256.3632@compuserve.com> wrote:

>Allstate is one of the few companies not to engage in what _all_ the companies know
>to be bogus reasoning - that tickets equate to bad driving.  _Accidents_ equate to
>bad driving, not tickets.  And...

Accidents don't always equate to bad driving....sometimes accidents are just
*accidents*.  I have Allstate, and when I slid my car down my (very steep)
driveway and into a fence (in my own yard) during a freak freezing-rain episode
(in Seattle!), they considered it an "at fault" accident and my rates went up.
This despite the fact that I'd never had a claim before and had only one
speeding ticket in five years.

In this situation it wasn't a case of "bad driving" -- wasn't even on a public
road.  It was just a case of not checking whether that rain outside was turning
into ice on the road.  But Allstate wants to argue that somehow this means I'll
probably have more accidents in the future, so it's time to raise the rates.

Eric

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From: eta@my-dejanews.com (Eric Anderson)
Subject: Re: Speeding, Tailgating, and Reckless Driving
Date: 1998/07/03
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