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No sooner does one idea for ICBC die, another arrives.

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Fuck You ICBC.

Berz out.

agree with Berz....
thats like a low blow to us, who would drive just for the hell of driving.. no shit we would put on more miles/km on the odo than the avg driver

:fuuuuu:

ICBC is totally suggesting a shut-in lifestyle now aren't they?

On the plus side maybe you can insure your summer car all year round and pay exactly that - summer insurance.

Well on one hand it is fairer then some of the other systems proposed. If I spend 5 minutes in my car a day I am WAY less likely to be a problem then someone who spends 3 - 5 hours in their car.

On the other hand this screws over half the drivers on the road.

this actually is beneficial for people who has multiple vehicles and ppl who live very close to where they work and play (eg downtown)

must be talking about yourself ;)

doesn't matter how much they drive, bad drivers will be bad drivers.

Agreed. This doesn't help anyone.
ICBC and the gov't should go to hell.

what about the people who commute to vancouver every day =|

why instead of trying to forcefully take people off the road they should be working on improving the flow of traffic so people spend less time idling

doesnt it make sense to get people off the road quicker which should reduce the polution and make people a lot happier because they dont have to sit in traffic

they are just asking for more people to commit odometer fraud

i dont mind this idea. i only put 11,000km per year on my car. i use it just for work and back and use our accord for the weekends.

Or improving Transit.

Lets get real here. While I know we all love our cars, the current culture around them is not sustainable. Enviromentaly or economically.

In the ideal world, we commute via transit to work and use our cars on the evenings and weekends.

It makes sense. A vehicle that is exposed to the road 100,000km a year have higher risk than 100km a year. Not saying that insurance should be 100% based on that factor, but it's reasonable.

I don't see how this can be implemented anytime soon though.

transit is such a pain in the ass i would have to be on the skytrain at 5am to get to work and worry about some asshole breaking into my car all day and if i had to go somewhere after work i would have to come go back and get my car and cross the bridge again =| not every1 likes to transit and deal with all the rude people.. what happens when you are running late you miss the bus and have to wait an extra 30+ mins. im sorry but i would rather use my car.

i dont see why we cant have better roads for better flow. instead they put these huge fuckin bike lanes in and take out a lane then complain about theres to much pollution because people are sitting traffic to long

although this doesn't affect me personally because i only drive about 10km a day, back and forth to work, it does affect thousands of people who need to commute. my cousin for instance drives almost 50k a year, this will fuck him royally.

fuck im so sick and tired of getting fucked by all these big businesses, enough is enough.

But you're probably sick of the current system.

So what alternative WOULD satisfy you?

you know why cant they just leave shit how it is instead of bring new in new ways to see how far they can ram up your ass.

I know in a perfect world we'll all bus and trees will grow out of everything but lets be real here.

There are far too many people with longer distances to travel. They have no option to cut down the distance. I know many people who moved further from vancouver because they can't afford housing and have to commute to fit their budget.

The population is always increasing and eventually we will need bigger roads, bridges, tunnels or what have you.

water flows where there is least resistance.

Make traffic flow easier! Car companies are making lower and lower emmission vehicles. We're trying to keep things green right? Face the facts, eventually years and years from now petrol will be obsolete in vehicles. km's will have little effect on a renewable resource (solar / electric).

Bad drivers effect premiums, but why make them better when more accidents = more money right? :speechless:

haha WHO the fuck comes up with ideas should get fired...

Because people are bitching about the current system too.

there is always going to be some1 bitching about something because they can they would rather have it work for them personally and just fuck every1 else, instead of thinking about society, its always about the one self centered persons who fuck shit up and it starts all the way from the top

So they finally figured out their bike lanes weren't that great.

British Columbia, where tree hugging happens.

Works for me! one 10mm bolt and i'm never putting mileage on my car ever again

This would benefit those drives exotic, like the one only puts 5000 km on their Lambo or Ferrari per year