Inexorable spread of insurance black boxes goes global

[RDMcG]

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-02/car-insur...

Even on this side of the pond these are showing up. looks like next generation of cars will be regulated to include this stuff. Depressing.

[Pixelpeep7r]

RDMcG said:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-02/car-insur...

Even on this side of the pond these are showing up. looks like next generation of cars will be regulated to include this stuff. Depressing.

plus side is it will push second hand performance car values up

Time to look for a good AC cobra replica me thinks

[k-ink]

You can thank all the pricks who have already put these in their cars - voluntarily.

[TheFinners]

k-ink said:

You can thank all the pricks who have already put these in their cars - voluntarily.

So I am a prick for putting up for one for my first year of driving in order for my insurance to be £450 closer to being slightly affordable? Not everyone is a powerfully built company director where money is no object. I do not support any sort of compulsory installation of them though, that would be ridiculous.

[paranoid airbag]

It doesn't need to become "compulsory".

I give it five years between the point where no mainstream company will accept a new driver without one (for all I know, that's passed already) and the point when nobody bothers asking for unmonitored insurance as an adult even after they cease being a new driver. Old crumblies who remember when you didn't require one will remain, until they die.

[Baryonyx]

k-ink said:

You can thank all the pricks who have already put these in their cars - voluntarily.

This, fking tightwad knobs. More of the 'driving is a right, not a privilege' attitude. Bow spoiling it for everyone.

I suspsect the solution will be to get a motorbike.

[jeremyc]

Baryonyx said:

I suspsect the solution will be to get a motorbike take the box out and leave it indoors when you go for a drive.

EFA.

[Pixelpeep7r]

http://www.jammer4uk.com/high-power-8-antenna-3g4g...

it might also cause issues with your mobile reception.

And everyone else within 40 metres of your car.

[Devil2575]

So long as there is a demand for insurance without one of these you will be able to get it.

Many of us pay far less than the cost of fitting one of these boxes for our car insurance, let alone the cost of employing some one to look at the data etc . What would be the point in fitting one to a car likle mine when I pay about £180 for insurance? If you are paying £2k for car insurance then it makes more sense.

[Devil2575]

Baryonyx said:

k-ink said:

You can thank all the pricks who have already put these in their cars - voluntarily.

This, fking tightwad knobs. More of the 'driving is a right, not a privilege' attitude. Bow spoiling it for everyone.

I suspsect the solution will be to get a motorbike.

Please explain how "driving is a right"?

[Alucidnation]

k-ink said:

You can thank all the pricks who have already put these in their cars - voluntarily.

Not everyone can afford to live in your exclusive postcode area of BE11 3ND.

[J4CKO]

My driving doesn't suit being monitored

I think in one journey of seven miles this morning my insurance would have been invalidated, however, nobody was put at undue risk from this, we talk about ESP dumbing down, this is the next level, much worse, that said, my fuel and tyres would last a lot longer.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

k-ink said:

You can thank all the pricks who have already put these in their cars - voluntarily.

Don't be such a prick.

[vtecyo]

Devil2575 said:

Baryonyx said:

k-ink said:

You can thank all the pricks who have already put these in their cars - voluntarily.

This, fking tightwad knobs. More of the 'driving is a right, not a privilege' attitude. Bow spoiling it for everyone.

I suspsect the solution will be to get a motorbike.

Please explain how "driving is a right"?

It isn't, I think that's his point.

[DonkeyApple]

k-ink said:

You can thank all the pricks who have already put these in their cars - voluntarily.

I still hold a grudge against anyone who watched the Tyson v Bruno fight as they are responsible for pay per view TV.

[Leicester Loyal]

In my third year of having a black box, this will be my last. Can't wait to get rid of it. I'll be almost 22 and will have 3 years NCB when it come to the next renewal date.

[Devil2575]

vtecyo said:

Devil2575 said:

Baryonyx said:

k-ink said:

You can thank all the pricks who have already put these in their cars - voluntarily.

This, fking tightwad knobs. More of the 'driving is a right, not a privilege' attitude. Bow spoiling it for everyone.

I suspsect the solution will be to get a motorbike.

Please explain how "driving is a right"?

It isn't, I think that's his point.

But that doesn't make sense in the context of his post.

[vtecyo]

Devil2575 said:

vtecyo said:

Devil2575 said:

Baryonyx said:

k-ink said:

You can thank all the pricks who have already put these in their cars - voluntarily.

This, fking tightwad knobs. More of the 'driving is a right, not a privilege' attitude. Bow spoiling it for everyone.

I suspsect the solution will be to get a motorbike.

Please explain how "driving is a right"?

It isn't, I think that's his point.

But that doesn't make sense in the context of his post.

I understood it.

[Baryonyx]

Devil2575 said:

But that doesn't make sense in the context of his post.

It does, read it again until you get it.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Devil 2575,

I guess the point he was making is that by having a black box, you reduce the premium down to an affordable level, because you think you have a right to drive. What he thinks you should do is refuse to have a black box, not be able to afford insurance so go without a car. Because having a car is a privilege, and fortunately one he can afford.

It's the rantings of a nutcase in my view, but I think that was his point.