<VV> Insurance Photos at Autocross events

[Bryan Blackwell]

Knowing that at least one insurance company has dropped people who own radar detectors, I would be not at all surprised to find out they lump anyone at an autocross in the same boat - 'them dang hot rodders'.

And then there's the case of the car that was, coincidentally, in an accident the day after the event.  I could easily imagine a claim being denied, or at least questioned, if that happened.  And if that saves them a few payouts, there's your answer.  Lucky for me the horizontal rain in between sessions yesterday kept any would be insurance photographers well away.

--Bryan

On Apr 3, 2011, at 2:02 PM, Sethracer at aol.com wrote:

> I would like to know more about this - because I cannot figure out  what an 
> "Insurance" company would gain from taking photos at an autocross. Maybe  a 
> car company wanting to deny a warrantee claim. Or an insurance company 
> wanting  to protect itself by photographing showroom stock competitors at a road 
> racing  event or Track time trials. (We have heard stories of rolled cars 
> being dragged  from the track to a local road and claims put in.) But 
> Autocrossing is a  perfectly legal enterprise for insurance purposes. In general, 
> it is hard to hit  anything. What kind of claim would they be denying? How 
> could anything stand up  in court? Okay, you insurance might not be in force 
> while on a run, but what  other impact could that have?