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Is there a website? (Follow on from "Women Crashing Their Cars")

Epicpriest · 2006-05-10 10:40:54

Is there a website in ireland that lobbies against high insurance premiums for male drivers? Or shall we try and put one together nad get it voted on. Nothing to do with women etc, just a website like (irelandoffline.org) which tries to make an impact on the high costs of insurance for us compared to women. Keep womens…

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#32 10-05-2006 8:02pm
Eoin

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HelterSkelter wrote:

You are missing the point. Insurance is compulsory, you have to have it, there is no two ways about it. If you look at the stats the insurance companies are making huge profits out of a service we are forced to buy. Nobody is making a choice to buy insurance, we make a choice to buy a car.

If insurance is mandatory, then I can't see how you can seperate between choosing to buy a car and having to buy insurance; I don't see that they are mutually exclusive.

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#33 11-05-2006 8:37am
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You have the choice over whether you buy a car.

If you buy the car you don't have the choice to buy insurance - its compulsory.
He worded it fine.

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