Oddbean new post about login | logout Someone should really be reporting on the astronomical rise in auto insurance rates in the USA. We are getting fleeced with no recourse; we are required to carry it by law. Why is no one talking about this?
Mafia gonna mafia
That’s what they are.
I just changed providers for this reason. I plan to do so like every 6 months going forward. It's the only way to survive the gouging.
I can’t find better, I’ve tried for weeks, which is also a timesuck.
There is some talk but it's not generally from any media outlet.
Adding my daughter (and her car) to my insurance increased the rate by $500/mo
A MONTH? What the fuck is she driving?
A Kia. Apparently this model of Kia is just super expensive to insure. We got the best rate by adding her as a driver on my car and then having her car as a secondary. She's looking to get a different car to bring the price down. (We went looking last Sunday)
Yeah. The Kias are easily stolen because theft videos went around on TikTok.
Still 500mo is insane. Maybe it’s one that’s easily stolen? The whole USB hack thing. Like 500 a month is what it costs to insure a 120k Mercedes.
if it were a son it would be even more. they charge men way more. my nephew pays the most out of all of us. (he's 19)
insanity by bureaucrazy
Yup 👍
Drivers getting worse, environmental factors getting worse, cars getting more expensively produced The last part is what you're really looking for - driving up prices on things like cars is where they're trying to make you poorer
oh, the car prices. that's another crazy thing.
The bad driver thing makes no sense. New cars have lane assist and backing cameras and all kinds of shit to keep drivers from…being bad drivers
None of those things matter with overpowered engines, 4 figure kg weight, no speed limiters, barely any enforcement of drunk driving bans, barely any enforcement of speed limits, etc Drivers were getting worse even before the deep state started this airborne pandemic that causes brain damage
Dude. I get passed on the freeway by people going 90+ mph every time. I just think people are all high anymore.
Adds to all the corporate tracking too because now they want you to put a little device in your car tracking how you drive
I live in a city of 5M. Guess how I drive? I’m hitting the damn brakes every 5 minutes. Track that. 🤣
Yeah, I'm noticing it to the point where, my roommate and I are spitting the bill to make it more affordable for us.
It's a 2010 so it might not even have any security chip in the first place. It was supposed to just be a cheap first car but between the insurance and the work she's had to put into it, it's been anything but.
It’s too bad. I had a Kia once and liked it, didn’t have any problems. Same with Hyundai. I don’t think there’s such a thing as an affordable car for young people anymore.
Illegals have driven up our insurance costs by 5 to 10x We need mass deportation
Illegals have driven up our insurance costs by 5 to 10x We need mass deportation