06-24-2003, 01:47 PM
...Insurance here in Ontario is skyrocketing. Renew rates are going up as much as 1500% percent. And no, that's not a typo. A few of the examples the local paper (North Bay Nugget and Toronto Sun) have used are people who had a minor at fault accident, or a speeding ticket or two. The average tends to be a growth from the previous year at $1500 going up to $5000+! I realize that those are some of the more extreme cases, but it shows that rates are getting out of control. You can't even find a new carrier, without major problems. One fellow Had his insurance jump up roughly $3000 to end up at $4400. He went shopping around and the lowest rate he could find (for bare bones insurance) was $2500, with a warning that if he made a CLAIM in the first year, they would NOT renew him. Ouch. Makes me glad I no longer drive, and use the heel-toe express, and my bike.
As to sucky cops...my Soon-to-be-ex-wife and I were an accident a couple years ago. I slid on a icy road and went nosefirst into a tree. My wife's head hit the windshield hard enough to crack it. After the cop came, he was more concerned about the damage to the TREE than he was to either my ex or I. It had some bark scraped off of it. I couldn't believe it. I realize that cops are people too, and have sucky days like anyone else, but occasionally, one has to wonder, eh.
As to sucky cops...my Soon-to-be-ex-wife and I were an accident a couple years ago. I slid on a icy road and went nosefirst into a tree. My wife's head hit the windshield hard enough to crack it. After the cop came, he was more concerned about the damage to the TREE than he was to either my ex or I. It had some bark scraped off of it. I couldn't believe it. I realize that cops are people too, and have sucky days like anyone else, but occasionally, one has to wonder, eh.
~Not all who wander are lost...~