Esure, an on-line insurance company, announced the findings of a report done by Geoff Beattie, a university professor in Manchester: cave man instinct is manifested in the way men drive their cars. This behavior is caused by men’s prehistoric survival instincts as hunters and fighters and manifests as the need to drive fast, show [...]
Entries from April 2008
Men show caveman instinct in driving
April 25th, 2008 · No Comments
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Progressive to plant a quarter of a million trees
April 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
Progressive Group of Companies, an auto insurance group, will plant more than a quarter of a million trees in U.S. National Forests as a sign of gratitude to its customers. Also, Progressive began this month of April to offer discounts to customers to go paperless. Customers can choose to enroll in the company’s [...]
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20 mph speed limit to be welcomed by many
April 20th, 2008 · No Comments
News from Motorpoint: a 20 mph speed limit to be carried out in the city would be welcomed by 12 million people. This is based from their surveys demonstrating that two in five drivers would accept the limit, which was proposed by the Parliamentary Council for Transport Safety last year. This news came [...]
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VOSA to improve vehicle testing
April 19th, 2008 · No Comments
The Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) just released a one year policy that aims to improve availability and consistency of vehicle testing. The organization will invest 14 million pounds in testing, licensing and enforcement facilities and these will be made available via the internet. They plan to expand their services and meet [...]
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Protest against insurance companies’ steering of customers to preferred bodyshops
April 13th, 2008 · No Comments
In Connecticut at lunchtime last April 10, more than 40 tow trucks and other vehicles drove around the State Capitol, blaring their horns in protest against auto insurer’s steering of customers toward their insurance company’s preferred body shops. It is lead by Auto Body Association of Connecticut. This association is supporting a bill that [...]
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