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[–] 44 points 6 months ago (11 children)

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.

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  • [–] 20 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months 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.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (8 children)

    One easy such thing, is puttling a piece of metal over a tractor trailer's wheel area, so you get deflected if you go under and not chewn up and spit out. It's voluntary and few trucks have it on them yet but a bunch of little stuff like that could help.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (7 children)

    I thought those were for airflow. They do not look strong enough to deflect anything bigger than a bicycle.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (5 children)

    https://www.propublica.org/article/underride-crashes-nhtsa-dot-iihs-safety-cars-trucks

    I just saw one of these blockers the other day, almost all trucks do not have them though. I'm not sure what you are referring to exactly.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    I wasn't thinking of the big one in the back, sorry. I was referring to the long side skirts that run down the length of the trailer.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    I think the sides are where most of the accidents happen, yeah those skirts are supposed to deflect cars, looking for the pictures, I saw a couple of cars that hit them head on and went half under. I think it's more for sideswipes.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Sideswipe seems plausible. They just look so flimsy.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    Speak of the devil, I was driving today and I saw one of the rather flimsy looking sheet metal barriers that was totally just blown apart. Some of the barriers look more robust than others, you are right though some look super flimsy and this one appears to have been that.

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  • [–] 36 points 6 months ago

    (Insert anikin and padame meme here.)

    "I lowered your costs Mr.Insurance parasite so you're going to lower rates now, right?"

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  • [–] 13 points 6 months ago
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    "Lowest insurance in the state! Only $10 a month!"

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

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago

    !actually_infuriating@lemmy.world

    Nothing "mildly" about this shit!

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Hear me out, they could just offer a non-profit insurance option through the state; this would make private companies need to be offering better benefits to consumers to stay competitive. There is no need to remove baseline benefits for people at all.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    Canada has provinces with public insurance, and provinces with private "free market" insurance.

    Public provinces pay >35% less.

    Insurance is massively corrupt with our politicians. Even the left wing parties.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    Uh...missing 90 days of work due to an injury is pretty fucking serious, and I would absolutely expect to be compensated if someone inflicted such upon me.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago*

    The Russian Mafia in NYC will not be pleased. Is NY still a no-fault state? They could start there.

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  • [–] -5 points 6 months ago* (4 children)

    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"

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