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| 2261.1 | @�@ | PAKORA::SWRIGHT | | Thu May 05 1994 12:42 | 8 |
| Try Aurthur Dayley Insurance Co
35 Swifty Road
Not_worth_the_paper_its_writen_on_sea
DOD GY.
*:@))))
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| 2261.2 | It can be done | CHEFS::PARRYD | If my boss calls, get the name | Thu May 05 1994 13:00 | 5 |
| As i' 'appens ... I have just had a quote from the Pru' of �548, any
driver, comprehensive including national breakdown assistance ('phone
071 396 3000). Beat that (please!).
dp
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| 2261.3 | | WELSWS::HILLN | It's OK, it'll be dark by nightfall | Thu May 05 1994 14:35 | 3 |
| Re .0 and your son...
If he's a student then try Endlseigh
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| 2261.4 | | FORTY2::TEER | That's just what they'll be expecting us to do... | Thu May 05 1994 14:39 | 3 |
| I seem to recall that when I went on my Mum's insurance policy (a 1.3 Maestro)
it cost about 40 quid. I think I went on as any other driver... This was about
4 years ago, when I was 17, so it's no doubt gone up stacks since then.
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| 2261.5 | Finally got him covered | CHEFS::PARRYD | If my boss calls, get the name | Fri May 06 1994 12:17 | 3 |
| I finally managed to get cover from Haven, via the AA--comprehensive,
�100 excess, 3 years' NCD, any driver over 26(?) plus my 17 year-old as
an L-driver: �520
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| 2261.6 | TRY ANOTHER METHOD... | WOTVAX::SALISBURYG | | Thu Jun 02 1994 12:26 | 5 |
| Have you thought about maybee buying an old mini for your son..for a couple
of hundred quid and paying a few hundred on insurance!
Because whan he passes, within a year he will wrap your boriong old
Honda round a boring old lampost....
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| 2261.7 | Regarding when the son passess - I agree! | FORTY2::HOWELL | | Wed Jul 06 1994 17:21 | 11 |
| Not meaning to suggest that your son will be a bad driver (indeed, I wish him luck) but statistically within
the next 3 years it is highly likely he will - as previosuly put - wrap your car!
Not suggesting you splash out on a car for him (that's his job ofcourse!) start thinking of future insurance too.
Unfortunately young drivers have made a bad name for themselves, and it can get quite ludicrous nowadays to insure
anyone under 21. Remember that those forst few years are all important in building up a No Claim Bonus. This
should start at 30% and go up 10% each successive year to a maximum of 60% (or atleast that's what mine did!).
Hope I didn't tell you anything blatently obvious there!
DAN.
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| 2261.8 | Reformatted to 80 cols | UPROAR::EVANSG | Gridlocked on the Info Highway | Thu Jul 07 1994 17:31 | 16 |
| Not meaning to suggest that your son will be a bad driver (indeed, I
wish him luck) but statistically within the next 3 years it is highly
likely he will - as previosuly put - wrap your car!
Not suggesting you splash out on a car for him (that's his job
ofcourse!) start thinking of future insurance too. Unfortunately young
drivers have made a bad name for themselves, and it can get quite
ludicrous nowadays to insure anyone under 21. Remember that those forst
few years are all important in building up a No Claim Bonus. This
should start at 30% and go up 10% each successive year to a maximum of
60% (or atleast that's what mine did!).
Hope I didn't tell you anything blatently obvious there!
DAN.
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| 2261.9 | | TASTY::JEFFERY | Children need to learn about X in school | Fri Jul 08 1994 10:07 | 1 |
| I had one of those 'statistical' accidents once! Pretty horrible.
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| 2261.10 | 2 wheels ? | FUTURS::LONGWY::LEWIS | Imagine being without a Newt | Fri Jul 08 1994 10:52 | 5 |
| Better still, buy him a motorcycle - it will be cheaper to run/insure,
and will make him a much better driver when he finally can afford a
car.
FWIW Rob
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| 2261.11 | You can't fall off a car! | TASTY::JEFFERY | Children need to learn about X in school | Fri Jul 08 1994 11:15 | 4 |
| The only problem is that if he/she is involved in an accident,
then it can be very serious!
Mark.
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| 2261.12 | | FUTURS::LONGWY::LEWIS | Imagine being without a Newt | Fri Jul 08 1994 11:54 | 13 |
| Ah, that old one.
Given that he/she will in all probability have an accident, then put
them on a vehicle that will do less damage to other people when it
happens.
If they are not going to have an accident, then no problem.
Either way they will develop a much better instinct for survival than
if their only experience is being 'safe' inside a car, hence my comment
about making them a safer driver in the long run.
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| 2261.13 | Yikes on a Bike! | FORTY2::HOWELL | | Wed Jul 13 1994 16:01 | 14 |
| After seeing the state of both my cousins after accidents on a bike,
both of which were not their fault (it never is the poor sod on the
bike's fault, is it?), regarding putting them on a vehicle which will
do less damage to others I'd say stuff that idea. The person on the
bike can lie in hospital, gashed to pieces with metal plating in every
limb, with the knowledge that at least he only put a minor dent into
the Volvo's front wing before he went flying over it!
No, I'm sorry, however much I drool over some of the gorgeous bikes
about nowadays, I wouldn't push it to the point where I'd end up riding
one!
Dan.
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| 2261.14 | Avoid the Volvos | FUTURS::LONGWY::LEWIS | Imagine being without a Newt | Wed Jul 13 1994 16:54 | 3 |
| Something to do with survival of the fittest.
Rob_with_only_a_small_amount_of_metal_in_his_leg
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| 2261.15 | Getting philosophical | FUTURS::LONGWY::LEWIS | Imagine being without a Newt | Wed Jul 13 1994 17:03 | 17 |
| Seriously though, 'the other driver was at fault' is a MYTH.
It takes two to have an accident.
If young people tend to have more accidents with other drivers whose
'fault' it is because they lack the skill and experience to avoid the
accident.
Putting such a young person in a Volvo turns them into the sort of
driver who grows up to be the 'other' driver.
Putting such a young person on a bike turns them into the sort of
driver who avoids accidents.
If they survive, and there's the rub, but nobody said it was a perfect
world, if it was then there would be nothing to learn.
Rob
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| 2261.16 | Come off it! | BAHTAT::CARTER_A | ZAZPIAK BAT!! | Thu Jul 14 1994 11:46 | 15 |
| re: -1
>> Seriously though, 'the other driver was at fault' is a MYTH.
What utter rubbish. You can't possibly expect anyone to take a sweeping
statement like that seriously. What about someone parked in a car in a
carpark who gets hit by someone else manoevring? What about the bus
that wipes out the bus queue cos he lost control (only 1 driver
involved at all there, were the pedestrians at fault for standing in
the queue)? What about the car that doesn't stop at a give way sign and
goes into the side of the stationary traffic jam on the main road?
I could go on, but wouldn't want to develop a rat hole. There is a
Saftey / Accident note somewhere isn't there?
Andy
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| 2261.17 | GOTCHA | FUTURS::LONGWY::LEWIS | Imagine being without a Newt | Thu Jul 14 1994 12:35 | 9 |
| > I could go on, but wouldn't want to develop a rat hole. There is a
> Saftey / Accident note somewhere isn't there?
Oh, go on, let's start a rat hole, we haven't had a good one for ages!
Rob
PS I suppose I should have added the :-) before.
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| 2261.18 | Re.16 | CMOTEC::POWELL | Nostalgia isn't what it used to be, is it? | Thu Jul 14 1994 13:59 | 23 |
| re: -1
>> Seriously though, 'the other driver was at fault' is a MYTH.
What utter rubbish. You can't possibly expect anyone to take a sweeping
statement like that seriously. What about someone parked in a car in a
carpark who gets hit by someone else manoevring? What about the bus
that wipes out the bus queue cos he lost control (only 1 driver
involved at all there, were the pedestrians at fault for standing in
the queue)? What about the car that doesn't stop at a give way sign and
goes into the side of the stationary traffic jam on the main road?
I could go on, but wouldn't want to develop a rat hole. There is a
Saftey / Accident note somewhere isn't there?
Andy
I think that the sweeping statement refered to accidents when two
drivers were involved. The implication being that two moving vehicles were
involved, which wipes out most of the arguments you put up to call the previous
replies rubbish, Andy.
Malcolm.
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| 2261.19 | Rat hole alert | FUTURS::LONGWY::LEWIS | Imagine being without a Newt | Thu Jul 14 1994 18:00 | 20 |
| Oh, I don't know...
I can imagine that the concept of being killed whilst in a bus queue
could be bent to fit. For example, if you travel by bus as an
alternative to driving a car, and get killed by a car driver crashing
into the queue you are standing in, then I think you (or your ghost)
will see the sense in being a car driver next time around.
So therefore we have demonstrated that either
a) Driving a Car is safer than queuing for a bus in the same way that
it is safer than riding a motorcycle.
or
b) When waiting for a bus, stay alert, read the road conditions, and be
ready to leap out of the way of any crashing cars, which of course will
improve you reflexes and general mental ability, just as in riding a
motorcycle.
;-)
Rob
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| 2261.20 | Hook, line & sinker! | BAHTAT::CARTER_A | ZAZPIAK BAT!! | Mon Jul 18 1994 13:19 | 7 |
| re: .17 Ok, I'll add a :-) if you will !
re: .18 I kind of got the drift of the sentiment being expressed, but I
suppose I answered in a rather pedantic way. Still there are two-driver
exceptions to the rule, but then that's what makes a rule :-)
Andy
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| 2261.21 | ;^) So we go down another Rathole? | CMOTEC::POWELL | Nostalgia isn't what it used to be, is it? | Mon Jul 18 1994 13:45 | 12 |
| or
b) When waiting for a bus, stay alert, read the road conditions, and be
^^^^
ready to leap out of the way of any crashing cars, which of course will
improve you reflexes and general mental ability, just as in riding a
We must remember that Great Britain needs Lerts, lots and lots of Lerts,
so don't only be a Lert, stay a Lert.
Malcolm. ;^)
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