And if you don't pay you aren't allowed to drive a car and participate in society...
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All insurance companies and lotteries take in huge amounts of cash and pay relatively little back. The whole economy is a scam if everyone needs "insurance".
I don't mind paying for auto insurance, but I also get more out than I pay :(
I probably pay in 5-6k before my car gets totaled and I get a payout higher than that before I start the process again.
Just once I want to be able to keep a car to the point where it's actually paid off .....
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hi and would you like to talk about your car's extended warranty?
A lot of people can afford an insurance premium, and perhaps a deductible, but won't have enough for a $40,000 liability even if they saved for years.
What is suggested in this post is not much different from the past where poor people simply went on not having coverage and ended up in indentured servitude working off debts with manual labor like picking rocks. It's also just a thread away from Health Sharing Ministries, which is just a catastrophic failure whose nuance cannot be accurately depicted in a short comment.
In Germany this is usually pretty well handled, you paid a bit more for full coverage and they cover all costs of repair etc. But if you're in lots of accidents each time your insurance cost rises. If you have little to no accidents for a few years, the insurance cost sinks. It is also mandetory for your vehicle to have insurance, avoiding sudden private insolvency.
To be clear, you need liability insurance for your vehicle, so if you cause harm to someone else their claims are covered. You don't need to have insurance for your own damages. The state doesn't really care about your solvency, only for the solvency of your potential victims.
You are correct, thanks for the clarification.
My bicycle theft insurance also pays for regular checks, and routine repairs.
I wonder if it's because bicycle insurance isn't required and therefore needs to actually offer something in order to attract customers. It's probably unwise that we leave to capitalism the kinds of insurance which are so important they need to be legally mandated.