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Insurance Fraud & Insurance Rates - Who to Believe?
… covers those repairs for the supercar owners. Yet the Government is cutting out liability and optional. Pure BS in … I'm not sure that justifies the 47% increase requested by ICBC. If they are only talking "top up" collision insurance … was long before ICBC and private insurance rates were very high. At that time, there were about 400 taxis in Vancouver …
DriveSmartBC - 2023/12/09 - 12:05 - 6 comments
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Nothing But a Tax Grab
… originally to squeeze money out of people in order to swell government coffers. But where are we at these days, in …  No tickets.  No point penalties.  They will say 'ICBC will deal with this' as their excuse for not allocating … Police member is monitoring a residential 4 way stop high crash intersection in the rain after dark - issuing …
DriveSmartBC - 2023/12/03 - 21:16 - 16 comments
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The ICBC "Dumpster Fire"
The ICBC "Dumpster Fire" … We hear on the news every day about the high cost of insurance, and the opinion that ICBC will not … demanding action, but I guess that’s just not done. The government budget and authority silos reign supreme. Now I …
DriveSmartBC - 2023/11/14 - 17:28 - 9 comments
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Is Slow Driving Unacceptable?
… I was told one time that ICBC were going to raise the insurance for people caught … Apparently what brought this about was that many of the high discount drivers actually had speeding tickets. Is … It seem that the BC Government are on their own with their concern that driving …
DriveSmartBC - 2024/02/02 - 11:24 - 41 comments
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Noisy Motorcycles
… race out and up a short hill on Hammond Bay Rd. reving as high as they can. Even at 200 feet away, the noise is too … Use ICBC Not the Police … the enforcment of such is wanting; about the same as a Government Minister getting entusiastic about doing …
DriveSmartBC - 2023/11/14 - 17:38 - 18 comments
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Penalty Points and How They Affect You
… road users. But, look at the double-whammy under ICBC Penalty Point Premiums .  The driver not only has to … the original "distracted driving" section. What the government has done is explicitly described one act and … to improve the road, but little is being done to adress the high risk drivers who travel at excessive speed on this …
DriveSmartBC - 2024/03/08 - 11:41 - 11 comments
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Bring Back Automated Speed Enforcement
… Limits then it would become primary a Cash Grab by the Government for the majority that are exceeding the Posted … introduced, 'they' promised that it would only be used in high-crash locations where speeding was particularly … at where the collision damage has occurred. No wonder ICBC have lots of lawyers, trying to disallow whiplash …
DriveSmartBC - 2023/11/14 - 17:32 - 24 comments
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NEWS - Red Light Cameras Now Operating 24/7
… these issues. We'd be better off outfitting the high crash locations with strobes and flashing forewarning … a wholehearted "Thank You!" - the fact that your municipal Government has a tap of endless cash that they can spend on … entire reelection budget covered in one donation? ICBC is screaming its out of money and bad drivers are to …
DriveSmartBC - 2024/01/16 - 08:41 - 7 comments
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Pet Peeves Ahead
… These accidents will continue until the present Government addresses the “big three” causes. Yes- the … we see on a daily basis that are not being enforced: 1) high beam or after market HID or LED headlights that blind … points on these statistics: 1) they are data from ICBC and the numbers are rounded UP (ie exaggerated) 2) …
DriveSmartBC - 2024/03/24 - 11:43 - 5 comments
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RESEARCH - The Effectiveness of Speed Cameras
… driver has the "Choice" of their actions, so to blame the government and call it a cash grab is totally unrealistic. … save lives by reducing excessive speed.It would be great if ICBC conducted an experiment on high way 19-the sixth deadliest in BC. Start with the …
DriveSmartBC - 2023/11/14 - 17:32 - 25 comments