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[henderson]

AAA will give you a discount if you take an AARP driving class.  Many places offer a one day class or you can do it online.

[Big Sister]

Yes, I am a defensive driver.

I think AARP still offers this course.  I took it years ago and it was held on two consecutive mornings.

[Desertdi]

@hckynut   Holy Leapin' Lizards..........I also had a '70 Mustang.......that I drove for 33 years.    I wanted to be buried in that car (but I'd have to buy too many plots.)

[YorkieonmyPillow]

You know what surprised me? I thought a person would be a discount for having a dashcam but our insurance co. said no!

[hckynut]

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@YorkieonmyPillow wrote:

You know what surprised me? I thought a person would be a discount for having a dashcam but our insurance co. said no!

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@YorkieonmyPillow

While I think a dashcam is a good tool to help find who was at fault in an accident, I don't see where it has much to do with how a person drives.  

If they would make a good one that is "inside a rearview mirror", I would probably go with one. All of them I have seen would block and/or distract my view. I am a stickler when it comes to seeing everything I can, and want nothing that even hints a blocking even a minute' part of my view.

Driving record? Yes. Anti-theft device? Yes. Defensive Driving Course? Yes.  Don't see a dashcam preventing anything, or having anything to do with how a person drives.

Just my opinion of course.

hckynut(john)

[software]

Don't get me started on what these stupid insurance companies try to make us do in the name of "saving money". 

My insurance company must  know by now I'm a good driver, never a wreck in 47 years.    

[wagirl]

well i hate driving and am looking forward to living someplace where i don't have to. right now i live 15 minutes away from everything i need including for medical needs, so i do drive in a very tight radius. i have seen so many near misses from other drivers that are distracted and it scares me beyond. i take the bus if i go to any of the malls and NEVER drive in snow, so 1 less ninny off the roads .not into cars and think the price for them and their upkeep is a travisty; insurance is an

expensive neccessary evil.  would rather take those many thousands of $$ and live comfortably. no i'm not a grouchy old biddy, just know that i am not the driving kind of person.

[hckynut]

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@software wrote:

Don't get me started on what these stupid insurance companies try to make us do in the name of "saving money". 

My insurance company must  know by now I'm a good driver, never a wreck in 47 years.    

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@software

I'm with you on insurance companies. A quick story about mine. From 1955 to 1964 I paid $1,000 per year for a $500 deductible liability policy. Why? My mother did not drive/I was not married, and I was not 25 years old. Not sure of your age, but $1,000 back in those times was a big chunk of what I earned.

hckynut(john)

[YorkieonmyPillow]

@hckynutNo it has nothing to do with how one drives but if a person has video of who did what, they might escape someone cheating their insurance co....that was my thought.....