On Wednesday, January 25,2012, Governor Scott of Florida spoke to his constituents at the state capital about auto insurance fraud. New statistics have found that the state pays more than one billion dollars in auto insurance due to the fact that criminals are staging automobile accidents.

This process has become so easy for people to get away with. For example, a driver of a sedan might get close to you when you are heading to a stop light. Once the stop light turns red, the driver may sudden stop and if you are not paying attention then you might accidentally rear end the driver in question.

The driver of the other vehicle who suddenly was involved in the rear end collision might appear to be irate.

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A friend and regular visitor to the Arrive Alive website emailed a rather nice video illustrating the driving ability of some of our elderly road users!

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Along with the hot wheels, cool trim, leather interior and killer sound system, your sports car came with another line item add-on that wasn’t part of the MSRP: sports car automobile insurance. Insuring your shiny fast ride can add thousands of dollars to cost of ownership over the life of the car…unless you’re a savvy shopper. Here’s what you need to know to help you find cheap sports car insurance (or at least reasonably priced). For starters, different insurance companies have different definitions of what is and isn’t a sports car. This is typically based on a VIN (vehicle identification number) system published by the Insurance Services Office or the company’s own ranking system. Either syst

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Everyone remembers when Toyota vehicles were on the news because they would travel at high speeds and then would be unable to stop. This created a huge safety issue and hurt Toyotas reputation.

The federal government has come up with an idea to stop this from ever happening again. They want to begin to require vehicles to have key less ignition systems. These systems would automatically shut off a car so that it could not move. The system would have a stop button that a driver could easily push to activate it.

This is a great idea that could save lives and also help to reduce auto issuance rates. Many accidents happens because cars could not slow down and avoid as collision.

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