Bend Over For Big Brother!

[Suntan Sid]

In a shock, (sic), annoucement, insurance companies come up with a new wheeze to trouser more of your cash!

As predicted, it seems like no black box, no insurance, no ride!
Crack open the lube and bend over, yet again!

Apparently it's for our own good and has nothing, whatsoever, to do with a desire to make more money!

We Want More Money, Whine Here.

Fook You, Insurance Faggots!
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I like how Direct Line say it could save (up to) 40% on renewal.
Based on my experience* of their renewal that'd be 40% off something like a 140% increase.

When these companies say they're giving you a % off how do you know? After all you're just given an amount to pay.




* gave me a renewal price. Entered my info on their own website quote came out at about half their renewal quote. I do not trust insurance companies. Despite the advertising they are a business out to screw you over. They are not your friend.
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Gibbs, what did Duckie look like when he was younger?

[dodsi]

All those years ago when Marjay was banging on about this and we thought he deserved a tinfoil hat for it... how wrong we were. He had it bang on!

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[Shaft]

[smegballs]

How the fuck am I going to about my evening murdering prostitutes and dumping the bodies with these black boxes installed. The police are going to have it way too easy tying my car to the burial site.

[-Matt-]

Give it another decade and it will be time for electronically issued speeding fines

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[kramdra]

Do you realise its in a company's interests not to post a profit? Tax avoidance.

Its very common.. every company does it.

[orac]

looks like i will be sticking with driving old buckets to help reduce the risk of them forcing the issue on me.

its soon going to be a case of, if you dont wont them following every breath you take, move to the arizona desert and wear a tinfoil hat
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[_mjs_]

Surely this is self defeating for the insurance companies because if you can't get away with speeding now and then, why buy a fast vehicle? Then if nobody buys fast vehicles, the insurance companies can't bumrape people with expensive insurance for said fast vehicles

Or will it just be another case of only wealthier people can drive fast?
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Current bikes: 1997 Kawasaki ZZR 600 E5 > 2006 Honda Varadero XL125V

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[Rogerborg]

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[Rogue_Shadow]

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[Robby]

I'm in two minds about this, even starting from the position that the newpaper article is a newspaper article, and shouldn't be taken as a work of fact.

On the one hand, if we want to get towards the future utopian road system that allows driverless cars, smart GPS that tells you where other cars are or what's around the blind corner, and some kind of activity logging to hit back against crash-for-cash scams and the like, vehicles will have to be fitted with some sort of tracker or transponder. To get towards utopia these would need to be installed and managed with privacy and safety as the headline concerns. My safety I mean real safety, not whatever BRAKE is getting worked up about this week.

On the other hand, this is an easy back door into road charging, easy speeding tickets, and removing all fun from driving or riding.

I do expect the use of black boxes to increase. It does work for young drivers, particularly when the black box connects to the smartphone app and they can compete for a high score.

I expect that in reality, many insurers will require the use of a black box, but that means that many insurers will also make their money by offering non black box policies. It may end up being another specialist offering from Adrian Flux.

End result for me, I would probably end up with a slightly cheaper black box policy on the car, and a slightly more expensive untracked policy on the bike. The costs would balance each other out.

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[Ribenapigeon]

Of course any company that forces black boxes on customers will soon see those customers move to a company that dousent. I cant see it all hapening in any way that would have a major effect unless actual legislation made black boxes compulsory.

[Polarbear]

Can you play with the Aviva phone app without taking out insurance. Who can get the worse score while riding their bike.
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[Polarbear]

[Rogerborg]

[Snorty]

The thin end of the wedge appears again...

Viva la revolution, right?
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