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Article #1471Re: Speeding, Tailgating, and Reckless Driving
From: Daniel I. Manes
Date: Fri, 03 Jul 1998 00:00
Date: Fri, 03 Jul 1998 00:00
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In article <359d0486.2185061@news.serv.net>, eta@my-dejanews.com (Eric Anderson) wrote: > 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. Well you raise a good point. A single accident after many years of being accident free is certainly not enough to establish someone as accident prone. But even 10 speeding tickets says nothing about whether a person is accident prone. -Dan
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fb1cb,a813ba40692ae7c2 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb1cb,public X-Google-Thread: 1038e3,a813ba40692ae7c2 X-Google-Attributes: gid1038e3,public X-Google-Thread: 1011e5,a813ba40692ae7c2 X-Google-Attributes: gid1011e5,public X-Google-Thread: 10001a,a813ba40692ae7c2 X-Google-Attributes: gid10001a,public X-Google-Thread: f4d80,a813ba40692ae7c2 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4d80,public X-Google-Thread: 10e16d,a813ba40692ae7c2 X-Google-Attributes: gid10e16d,public From: danthman@umich.edu (Daniel I. Manes) Subject: Re: Speeding, Tailgating, and Reckless Driving Date: 1998/07/03 Message-ID: <danthman-0307981630330001@dt064n50.san.rr.com> X-Deja-AN: 368532862 References: <35973949.46557186@news.okc.oklahoma.net> <danthman-2906981919490001@dt064n47.san.rr.com> <6ndta3$snp$1@yelm.tc.fluke.com> <359a7a47.11020512@news.okc.oklahoma.net> <danthman-0107982042130001@dt064n50.san.rr.com> <359b0c82.48460603@news.okc.oklahoma.net> <danthman-0207981957380001@dt064n50.san.rr.com> <359c4c18.39673598@news.okc.oklahoma.net> <359C8FA9.22AF5CF9@compuserve.com> <359ca0eb.61392126@news.okc.oklahoma.net> <359CD681.9E5E062B@compuserve.com> <359d0486.2185061@news.serv.net> NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 03 Jul 1998 16:30:31 PDT Organization: TWC Road Runner, San Diego, CA Newsgroups: dc.driving,rec.autos.driving,misc.legal,alt.law-enforcement,seattle.general,ca.driving