Analysis: Hochul Won on Car Insurance — But Crash Victims Will Pay - Streetsblog Empire State
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We dove deep into the final battle in Gov. Hochul's war on supposedly high insurance costs. The conclusion: She won and victims lost.

  • yesman@lemmy.worldEnglish
    28·
    11 hours ago

    If insurance companies were getting hosed by injured people, why don’t they look into ways that cars might cause fewer injuries instead of abandoning the injured?

    Capitalism is the enemy of reason.

    • jtrek@startrek.websiteEnglish
      13·
      11 hours ago

      why don’t they look into ways that cars might cause fewer injuries instead of abandoning the injured?

      I’m pissed they’re repaving the streets near me but they’re not taking the time to make them any safer. No curb extensions or daylighting. Certainly nothing so extreme as a separate bike lane.

      • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        4 hours ago

        My city and state both have so-called “Complete Streets” policies, yet still fail to do that. They’re literally violating their own rules, but it would take a lawsuit to stop it.

  • Asafum@lemmy.worldEnglish
    28·
    12 hours ago

    (Insert anikin and padame meme here.)

    “I lowered your costs Mr.Insurance parasite so you’re going to lower rates now, right?”

  • NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.comEnglish
    12·
    12 hours ago

    Okay so you get the promise of cheaper premiums for now….

    Insurance companies of all types are greedy as fuck. This is temporary. This will get increased in the next 5 years, and I’m being conservative with that number because these slimy fucks will likely be trying to increase prices the next day after this goes into effect.

    Supposedly you’ll get a cheaper premium today at the cost of not being reimbursed to make you whole tomorrow. So what happens when these same companies come back and want to increase your premium by $10? Are you now going to make parties whole by the same percentage? Likely not. And the cowardly government is just going to let them step on the public again.

    And how does this work for out of state drivers in New York? You get into a wreck and you’re just fucked despite supposedly paying more than a New York driver who hit you?

  • Rhaedas@fedia.io
    8·
    11 hours ago

    “Lowest insurance in the state! Only $10 a month!”

    In very small print - “Deductible includes total costs for medical and vehicle”

  • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    11 hours ago

    Democrats proving yet again why they’re no better than Republicans and are completely unfit to govern.

    “We’re going to mandate that you buy insurance and we’re also going to mandate that insurance not pay you for injuries suffered in a car crash all while portraying this as a benefit to you”