en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/2004629 Comments by clover1 http://blog.motorists.org/decorative-red-octagons/#IDComment110053842 I took a look at the pictures in the article. I can see where a 4 way stop may be needed there. There are sidewalks and cross walks in the intersection. Coming from one direction of the road there is a curve, from the other direction there is a bridge with a ridge causing decreased visibility of the intersection. There was even a pedestrian in the photo! That is not an intersection to make a country-wide stand on for misplacement of stop signs because at that location there probably should be one. Tue, 16 Nov 2010 12:00:21 +0000 http://blog.motorists.org/decorative-red-octagons/#IDComment110053842 http://blog.motorists.org/most-dangerous-day-of-the-week-to-drive/#IDComment109465385 John, you are missing a lot of things. Many college students and others for that matter go out drinking Thursday night and it is not as bad as Friday nights but is a reason for more accidents than any of the other weekdays. Mondays would be a little higher because people stay up later on the weekend and are more tired on Mondays. Being tired makes a person make more mistakes while driving. It makes sense that Tuesdays and Wednesdays would have fewer accidents. Fri, 12 Nov 2010 22:59:52 +0000 http://blog.motorists.org/most-dangerous-day-of-the-week-to-drive/#IDComment109465385 http://blog.motorists.org/decorative-red-octagons/#IDComment109430206 My advice to you is boycott them all and stay off the road and cancel your insurance. Sounds like a plan to me. You would then have nothing to complain about. Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:17:20 +0000 http://blog.motorists.org/decorative-red-octagons/#IDComment109430206 http://blog.motorists.org/decorative-red-octagons/#IDComment109285714 Some towns turn their stop lights off when it gets later at night and switch them to a flashing red or yellow. Did you bring that up to your local officials or do you just sit back and call them names? Our government is supposed to help us but if you can not think of any constructive advice for them then you have to live with what you have. Have a good time complaining. Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:10:51 +0000 http://blog.motorists.org/decorative-red-octagons/#IDComment109285714 http://blog.motorists.org/diesel-pros-and-cons/#IDComment109273475 Nondiesel engines also burn more than one type of fuel and everyone can not use deep-frying grease because after a hand full of people do it there is non left. Thu, 11 Nov 2010 22:27:34 +0000 http://blog.motorists.org/diesel-pros-and-cons/#IDComment109273475 http://blog.motorists.org/why-mandatory-car-insurance-hurts-good-drivers/#IDComment109105353 One thing I noticed today driving to work is that drivers feel they have the responsibility to go over the speed limit. It is not that they need to get anywhere faster. i was passed today when I was almost to work on a blind curve. I was already going a few miles over the limit so no one would have to pass. He did anyway. He did it to drive about 3 mph faster and then when i got closer to town and in a slightly slower speed limit I ended up passing him. and I was going the speed limit at the time. Speeding for the most part is felt to be a responsibility to most all that do it. If he does not speed he gets tailgated by someone that does feel it is his responsibility to speed. Speeding for the most part is not needed and for many that do it only saves them a few seconds per trip. That is not worth passing ion a blind curve but many feel it is. That is why we have police enforce speed limits to some extent. People do dumb things unless they are stopped in some way. Wed, 10 Nov 2010 23:24:42 +0000 http://blog.motorists.org/why-mandatory-car-insurance-hurts-good-drivers/#IDComment109105353 http://blog.motorists.org/decorative-red-octagons/#IDComment108918432 I would say it is pretty dangerous to not have any stop signs at an intersection unless there is a yield sign or a traffic light. In the US we have signs telling us when to stop or slow down and yield. If there are none, in every area that I have driven you have the right to proceed without slowing down(unless you were speeding in the first place and then you should). I would say the activist that wrote this article does not know the rules of the road. It is fine if you are in a country that does not have signs, you can then look out for the other guy and yield at every intersection. In the US we have signs and we depend on them being correct. Everything I have ever seen is that the major road in an intersection would not have a stop sign and the other road would have a stop sign or a yield sign. If they are like streets with the same traffic in both directions there is usually a 4 way stop. The signs should be based on the road and the traffic. If the intersection is wrongly controlled and interferes with traffic then you try to get it fixed. You do not do that with a blanket statement that all stop signs should not be followed. Tue, 9 Nov 2010 23:55:40 +0000 http://blog.motorists.org/decorative-red-octagons/#IDComment108918432 http://blog.motorists.org/why-mandatory-car-insurance-hurts-good-drivers/#IDComment108914508 You are correct. Insurance premiums are based on cost of coverage to the insuance complany. If you live and drive in a city with a lot of accidents your rates are going to be higher. If you live in a state where most people do not have coverage and you have to provide extra coverage to yourself to make up for it then your rate is going to be higher. Many people do not understand insurance and what affects the rates. They say that getting speeding tickets should not increase your rate. Statistics show that a person with more tickets on average causes higher costs to insurance companies. This is because the majority of people that get speeding tickets are above the 85 perctile speed and every study done shows that those people cause more accidents and more costly accidents. Tue, 9 Nov 2010 23:27:04 +0000 http://blog.motorists.org/why-mandatory-car-insurance-hurts-good-drivers/#IDComment108914508 http://blog.motorists.org/why-mandatory-car-insurance-hurts-good-drivers/#IDComment108135416 Supply and demand are for things like wheat and corn and oil. Supply and demand does not have anything to do with things like insurance. For insurance when the demand increases the cost goes down. It is cheaper per policy for a company to handle insuring a million policies rather than insuring 100,000. Sat, 6 Nov 2010 04:21:54 +0000 http://blog.motorists.org/why-mandatory-car-insurance-hurts-good-drivers/#IDComment108135416 http://blog.motorists.org/why-mandatory-car-insurance-hurts-good-drivers/#IDComment108134530 James, I knew I had heard that many states you can self insure and not buy insurance. I did a search and the first article I found had an example from Washington. You must carry the same auto liability insurance limits if you choose to buy a bond instead of an auto insurance policy. If you use a certificate of deposit, you must deposit $60,000 in cash or securities with the Office of the State Treasurer. Sat, 6 Nov 2010 04:15:49 +0000 http://blog.motorists.org/why-mandatory-car-insurance-hurts-good-drivers/#IDComment108134530 http://blog.motorists.org/why-mandatory-car-insurance-hurts-good-drivers/#IDComment108133063 bajo, there are insurance companies that are non profit. There are a few out there. They are called mutual companies. They are owned by the policy holders. If the company has a significant profit then the policy holders get a check. There seems to be a lot of misinformation out there and I noticed that in the article and many of the comments here. Sat, 6 Nov 2010 04:05:54 +0000 http://blog.motorists.org/why-mandatory-car-insurance-hurts-good-drivers/#IDComment108133063 http://blog.motorists.org/why-mandatory-car-insurance-hurts-good-drivers/#IDComment108132323 Most insurance companies have a lower rate for low use vehicles and also a discount for multi car. I know I have both discounts on my second vehicle. I also have a truck that many times I suspend insurance when I do not plan on driving it for many months. There are also polices for vehicles that are only driven to car shows. You need to do some checking because many of your complaints are already addressed by insurance companies. As for needing to drive a car every few couple of weeks. That is not true. As I said, I routinely leave a vehicle idle for over 6 months at a time. I just make sure I have a stabilizer in the fuel and keep the battery charged. I have had boats that I do not drive for a couple of years and they take right off. If I plan on not starting a vehicle or engine for many months I sometimes fog the engine or put a little oil into the cylinders. Sat, 6 Nov 2010 03:59:35 +0000 http://blog.motorists.org/why-mandatory-car-insurance-hurts-good-drivers/#IDComment108132323 http://blog.motorists.org/why-mandatory-car-insurance-hurts-good-drivers/#IDComment108129609 Yes I believe the required minimum for an umbrella coverage is 250,000 vehicle insurance. Still with that coverage and the umbrella coverage I am around $50 a month. I guess you think the government is better at providing services and insurance than private companies. I would not agree but that is your view. If you think manditory insurance is not required, who is going to pay for my medical bills and vehicle if someone with little or no money hits my vehicle hard while I am stoped at an intersection? Are you saying you believe in no fault insurance and you cover your own expenses all the time no matter who is at fault? Do you think the governement should supply everything? Do you know where the money comes from if they are paying out expenses like you want? What about people that do not drive? Do they have to pay for your coverage because they are part of the government? In one of your statements you said increase rates when someone gets in accidents? That is what we have today. Sat, 6 Nov 2010 03:37:29 +0000 http://blog.motorists.org/why-mandatory-car-insurance-hurts-good-drivers/#IDComment108129609 http://blog.motorists.org/why-mandatory-car-insurance-hurts-good-drivers/#IDComment107871776 Erik must not live in the real world. $250,000 dollars is very little anymore when it comes to injury accidents or replacing very large vehicles and trucks. I have a million in insurance and my cost is under $50 a month total with full coverage. He should know that if you are a good driver as he says, you get low insurance rates. I also wonder if a million dollars is enough insurance for me. It goes back to the idea if you do not have any assets then you need less insurance because they have nothing that they can take from you. A lot of states already have mandatory insurance. It is not $250,000 worth but probably should be. The day of $20,000 insurance should be a thing of the past if it is not already. Erik needs to get in the world of today or is it he could not think of anything else to write? Thu, 4 Nov 2010 22:25:05 +0000 http://blog.motorists.org/why-mandatory-car-insurance-hurts-good-drivers/#IDComment107871776 http://blog.motorists.org/why-cars-that-drive-themselves-are-a-bad-idea/#IDComment107868538 The technology is out there today to make this work and safely but the problem is the huge, I mean huge cost that would be involved. You would also have to get all the car manufacturers to have all the technology in their car that would work with the system. I still say there would never be inches apart like they are talking about. Think about the technology that is available today. Automatic parallel parking cars, automatic slowdown of your car if you are suddenly approaching another car. It goes on and on. All of this could lead to automatic cars but think of the huge cost involved. Right now only the more expensive cars have some of these types of features and automatic cars would need a lot of these . Thu, 4 Nov 2010 22:01:10 +0000 http://blog.motorists.org/why-cars-that-drive-themselves-are-a-bad-idea/#IDComment107868538 http://blog.motorists.org/most-dangerous-day-of-the-week-to-drive/#IDComment107674870 Randall you are forgetting one thing. DUI crashes are the number one cause of accidents on the the weekends. Sunday accidents would mean Saturday night after midnight. Friday night and Saturday nights are huge nights for DUI crashes. Wed, 3 Nov 2010 23:00:53 +0000 http://blog.motorists.org/most-dangerous-day-of-the-week-to-drive/#IDComment107674870 http://blog.motorists.org/why-cars-that-drive-themselves-are-a-bad-idea/#IDComment107442584 My guess is that there would be at least 2 seconds between vehicles. Even without drivers there is the possiblility of a vehicle in front making a sudden stop for reasons beyond the control of the computers. Even an engine problem would cause the need to have more than a few feet difference and with a sudden change in road conditions you would need separation also. What about a large animal or even a person that jumps in front of the vehicle. My guess is there would have to be separation of vehicles even more than what the tailgators do today. Tue, 2 Nov 2010 21:51:34 +0000 http://blog.motorists.org/why-cars-that-drive-themselves-are-a-bad-idea/#IDComment107442584 http://blog.motorists.org/politics-over-engineering/#IDComment107153754 I do not understand your stament? Above in your other statement you said there should be no rules, Go and do some research. I have found that in India they have almost no police enforcement throughout the country except for the interstate roads and there they have decided to have strict enforcement of laws because that is where people from other countries drive and they do not want to make their country look bad and dangerous. Mon, 1 Nov 2010 11:20:02 +0000 http://blog.motorists.org/politics-over-engineering/#IDComment107153754 http://blog.motorists.org/why-cars-that-drive-themselves-are-a-bad-idea/#IDComment106907535 We have automatic cars on the road today. That is what gives the people the ability to text and ride in the car. They just are not quite perfected yet. Sat, 30 Oct 2010 16:02:41 +0000 http://blog.motorists.org/why-cars-that-drive-themselves-are-a-bad-idea/#IDComment106907535 http://blog.motorists.org/politics-over-engineering/#IDComment106810787 Thanks james. I will get a mattress for my desk at work or maybe i can drive 20 mph over the limit to make up the time and have a traffic cop in front of my house making sure it is safe to back onto the street. or maybe I could go to the city and see if they can move the traffic to a roadway designed for through traffic and not on a roadway where kids walk to the bus stop on because there are no sidewalks . Fri, 29 Oct 2010 22:45:09 +0000 http://blog.motorists.org/politics-over-engineering/#IDComment106810787