No more cheap insurance, ladies. - Page 2

Gary L · 17-02-2011, 20:54

I know a woman who in the past has written off a car in a Range Rover, then writ off the Range Rover. then she has scraped a few cars in the Range Rover. damaged a car in her Fiesta, writ off the Fiesta. damaged 2 cars in her Zafira, waiting till she writes the Zafira off.

and she still gets cheap insurance.

Hom3r · 17-02-2011, 21:03

Well on April the 18th I will have been driving for 23 years, and pay more now than I did when I first started driving.

We need to stop discriminating against single people without kids.

What is even more anoying is that back in November a car hit my stationary car, when my quote was due I shopped around, and was angry to find that I have to pay Â£40 more for being a victim, and I did shop around.

Today we are getting shafted by insureance companies as they know they have got us by the short and curlies, and if we don't pay we get a criminal record.

Lister of Smeg · 17-02-2011, 21:16

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Originally Posted by Hom3r

Well on April the 18th I will have been driving for 23 years, and pay more now than I did when I first started driving.

We need to stop discriminating against single people without kids.

What is even more anoying is that back in November a car hit my stationary car, when my quote was due I shopped around, and was angry to find that I have to pay Â£40 more for being a victim, and I did shop around.

Today we are getting shafted by insureance companies as they know they have got us by the short and curlies, and if we don't pay we get a criminal record.

There are days where we have blockage on motorway fuel prices. We should all refuse top pay insurance. See if they like being shafted!

17-02-2011, 21:16

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Do they? Can you provide me with any credible links to backup your comment?

I've being driving over 5yrs now, not one accident (touch wood) yet a lady down the road from me, much younger, new driver, able to drive a newer car than me, pays half what I pay. Surely, you see where I am coming from?

I'm being penalised for someone else's mistake!

If ALL 1st time drivers were charged with zero history, it would be much fairer!

http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=...uy4w8URXiotfrQ

everything you ever wanted to know about how men have more accidents than women

**Hugh** · 17-02-2011, 23:47

Facts are our friends.....

**Maggy** · 18-02-2011, 00:06

I'm still waiting for someone to deny the truth and tell a typical lousy women drivers and parkers joke.

papa smurf · 18-02-2011, 06:31

Curb? What curb?

Welshchris · 18-02-2011, 07:21

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But young men have more accidents - why should they be treated equally when they are more at fault?

Once both sexes are over 25, the costs tend to be the same (well, in my experience they do), unless, of course, there is a history of claims/accidents.

Statistics may show women are less likely to have accidents but all one has to do especially here in Swansea is look out on the roads and girls can be just as bad as boys.

Before they did the road changes in Swansea for the bendy busses the Kingsway in Swansea was nutorious for racers as it was just a long stretch of road both directions with a roundabout at both ends so they would go up and down. Gangs of Girls in cars were just as likely to congregate in the bus stops along this road on Friday and Saturday nights to race up and down.

**Maggy** · 18-02-2011, 07:28

See I knew there would be one person who would decry the national stats with a personalised view from their window without a link to prove their case.

There maybe girls who race in this manner but they are still a tiny proportion of the entire female driving population and I bet there are far more 18-25 year old males involved in this activity as a comparison.

Mr_love_monkey · 18-02-2011, 07:41

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Originally Posted by Hom3r

We need to stop discriminating against single people without kids.

Actually your premiums go up if you have young children - as they are considered to be a distraction with their noise, and more likely to cause an accident.

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I'm still waiting for someone to deny the truth and tell a typical lousy women drivers and parkers joke.

my wife isn't any good at parking, but then that's just because I've convinced her that 2 inches is actually a lot bigger than it really is

**Maggy** · 18-02-2011, 07:46

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Originally Posted by Mr_love_monkey

Actually your premiums go up if you have young children - as they are considered to be a distraction with their noise, and more likely to cause an accident.

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my wife isn't any good at parking, but then that's just because I've convinced her that 2 inches is actually a lot bigger than it really is

Or that's what she wants you to think...

Gary L · 18-02-2011, 08:38

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Originally Posted by Hugh

Facts are our friends.....

Youtube. it's all in colour and some with sound.

Mr_love_monkey · 18-02-2011, 09:04

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Originally Posted by Hugh

Facts are our friends.....

might be for you - my friends are my singing potatoes

**Hugh** · 18-02-2011, 09:22

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Originally Posted by Gary L

Youtube. it's all in colour and some with sound.

You may be confusing facts, statistics, and proven trends with snippets/snapshots of incidents and information - not necessarily the same thing.

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might be for you - my friends are my singing potatoes

They are not singing - they are lamenting.....

Mr_love_monkey · 18-02-2011, 09:34

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They are not singing - they are lamenting.....

Some of them are playing instruments - one of them has a tuber.....