It’s that time of year again where the cold snap encourages people to leave their vehicles un-attended whilst it defrosts and warms up ready for our on-ward journey.
According to previous surveys at least 47% of us in the UK are guilty of this. It’s important to make you aware at this stage that your Insurance Company may refuse to payout if your vehicle is stolen as a result of this negligence.
Be warned as opportunist thieves are on the lookout for an easy target. Around 2000 car thefts occur each year because motorists leave their vehicles to warm up during winter mornings. This
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The exact cost of motorcycle insurance will depend on your unique profile but insuring a motorcycle certainly is a lot less than almost any car or truck. Most drivers pay anywhere from $500 to $1500 annually for motorcycle insurance.
All states require mandatory motorcycle insurance and if you are caught riding without proper insurance, you may face hefty fines and/or loss of your driving privileges remember, it is a privilege to operate a vehicle, not a right! Your bike can also be impounded and if you are involved in an accident you might be personally responsible for damages and medical payments.
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The nation’s top auto safety regulator is ill-equipped to detect problems with high-tech electronics that are increasingly commonplace in today’s cars, a new government study has concluded.
Calling such shortcomings “troubling,” the report called on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to review its technical capabilities and appoint an advisory panel to help it evaluate potentially serious risks associated with systems such as adaptive cruise control.
Despite those findings, the National Research Council found in a 162-page report that NHTSA’s decision to close its investigation of sudden acceleration in Toyota Motor Corp. Read more…
Almost every car owner has dreamed of an intimate encounter inside their vehicle at one time or another. Whether it’s a drive in movie, a deserted parking lot or a romantic lookout point there is no doubt cars were made for more than just commuting to work. However the reality is that some vehicles are just more accommodating for the libido than others. Below is our list of the Top 10 cars to shag in but remember that law enforcement may not be as quick to cheer you on as the couple next door.
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Credit and information management firm TransUnion released end of third-quarter results of its proprietary Auto Insurance Risk Index, noting a slight increase of 0.03 percent after four consecutive quarterly declines. The index now registers 98.85, three basis points higher than Q2 2011; 31 basis points lower than a year ago at this time; and 73 basis points lower than its recessionary peak in Q2 2009.
TransUnion’s Auto Insurance Risk Index was developed as a risk barometer specifically for the auto insurance industry and is designed to illustrate the relative expected insurance loss ratio for market segments throughout the country.
“When looking at the Auto Insurance Risk Index on a state-by-state basis, it appears that the level of auto insurance risk is transitioning toward a period of higher risk,” said Chet Wiermanski, TransUnion’s global chief scientist. ” Read more…