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If insurance companies were getting hosed by injured people, why don't they look into ways that cars might cause fewer injuries instead of abandoning the injured?
Capitalism is the enemy of reason.
why don’t they look into ways that cars might cause fewer injuries instead of abandoning the injured?
I'm pissed they're repaving the streets near me but they're not taking the time to make them any safer. No curb extensions or daylighting. Certainly nothing so extreme as a separate bike lane.
My city and state both have so-called "Complete Streets" policies, yet still fail to do that. They're literally violating their own rules, but it would take a lawsuit to stop it.
One easy such thing, is puttling a piece of metal over a tractor trailer's wheel area, so you get deflected if you go under and not chewn up and spit out. It's voluntary and few trucks have it on them yet but a bunch of little stuff like that could help.
I thought those were for airflow. They do not look strong enough to deflect anything bigger than a bicycle.
in Europe they are law for safety.
https://www.propublica.org/article/underride-crashes-nhtsa-dot-iihs-safety-cars-trucks
I just saw one of these blockers the other day, almost all trucks do not have them though. I'm not sure what you are referring to exactly.
Saves countless lives.
I wasn't thinking of the big one in the back, sorry. I was referring to the long side skirts that run down the length of the trailer.
I think the sides are where most of the accidents happen, yeah those skirts are supposed to deflect cars, looking for the pictures, I saw a couple of cars that hit them head on and went half under. I think it's more for sideswipes.
Sideswipe seems plausible. They just look so flimsy.
Speak of the devil, I was driving today and I saw one of the rather flimsy looking sheet metal barriers that was totally just blown apart. Some of the barriers look more robust than others, you are right though some look super flimsy and this one appears to have been that.
(Insert anikin and padame meme here.)
"I lowered your costs Mr.Insurance parasite so you're going to lower rates now, right?"
WTF
Okay so you get the promise of cheaper premiums for now….
Insurance companies of all types are greedy as fuck. This is temporary. This will get increased in the next 5 years, and I’m being conservative with that number because these slimy fucks will likely be trying to increase prices the next day after this goes into effect.
Supposedly you’ll get a cheaper premium today at the cost of not being reimbursed to make you whole tomorrow. So what happens when these same companies come back and want to increase your premium by $10? Are you now going to make parties whole by the same percentage? Likely not. And the cowardly government is just going to let them step on the public again.
And how does this work for out of state drivers in New York? You get into a wreck and you’re just fucked despite supposedly paying more than a New York driver who hit you?
"Lowest insurance in the state! Only $10 a month!"
In very small print - "Deductible includes total costs for medical and vehicle"
Hear me out, they could just offer a non-profit insurance option through the state; this would make private companies need to be offering better benefits to consumers to stay competitive. There is no need to remove baseline benefits for people at all.
Canada has provinces with public insurance, and provinces with private "free market" insurance.
Public provinces pay >35% less.
Insurance is massively corrupt with our politicians. Even the left wing parties.
The Russian Mafia in NYC will not be pleased. Is NY still a no-fault state? They could start there.
Uh...missing 90 days of work due to an injury is pretty fucking serious, and I would absolutely expect to be compensated if someone inflicted such upon me.