<VV> insurance rates - correction- (NO CORVAIR)

J R Read_HML hmlinc@sbcglobal.net
Sun, 2 Jan 2005 19:02:53 -0600


My earlier post should have expressed the "rates" as per 100,000 - not per 
1,000.

Sorry..

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Later, JR
Apparently math challenged.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc@sbcglobal.net>
To: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>; "Derek Archer" <eggman@owt.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 5:37 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> I just need to vent (insurance rates) (NO CORVAIR)


> In 2002, there were 4,315 males in the 16-20 age group fatalities out of a 
> population of 10,488,000 - for a rate of 41.14 per 1,000.  There were 
> 1,962 female fatalities in the same age group out of a population of 
> 9,909,000 - for a rate of 19.80 per 1,000.
>
> Neither statistic is good, but it looks to me as though the fatality rate 
> for young males is more than double that of young females.
>
> See Traffic Safety Facts - 2002 edition.
>
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> Later, JR
> '61 Rampside Standard 4/110
> '65 Monza Convertible 4/140
> '66 beater Coupe - icemobile 4/140
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Derek Archer" <eggman@owt.com>
> To: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 4:32 PM
> Subject: <VV> I just need to vent (insurance rates) (NO CORVAIR)
>
>
>>I just now realized how much my mom (thank you) is paying for my auto 
>>insurance as a driver. I am almost 18 now and we are paying upwards of 
>>$2,200 per year just for me!! I just don't understand why the teenage 
>>guys' premiums are higher when statistically speaking, it is actually the 
>>teenage GIRLS that cause more collisions (it is almost never an 
>>"accident") the split is about 60%-40% last I knew. Welcome to corporate 
>>America, I guess...
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