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Originally Posted by lurker The short answer is to include the price of liability insurance in the price of fuel. The more you drive, the more your exposure, the more you pay. |
Lurker, your idea of tacking insurance on to the price of fuel makes a lot of sense. Something that comes to mind is farm gas. I remember farmers used to buy fuel for farming without the “road tax” for use on the farm. Sometimes it found its way into the road vehicles (imagine that). Are we going to create a loophole that could be used to get around paying the insurance?
The other thing is folks are complaining about high gas prices as it is. How many of those folks think about the fact that 20% * of the current price at the pump is tax? (Probably closer to over 50% with all the imbedded, hidden taxes) I’m having trouble with a mental picture of smiling folks happily shelling out big bucks at the pump content in the knowledge that they are getting a better deal on the insurance end. And yeah, low mileage drivers stand to save a lot with your plan.
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