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One Simple Way to Help Lower Your Car Insurance Premiums

May 2010 - Feature Article

by E-Insure Services

If you drive a car, cost containment is rapidly becoming as big a concern as safety. Not surprisingly, the two go hand in hand. The better your driving record, the more likely you’ll be able to find affordable car insurance. What may surprise you, however, is the what many experts say is the fastest growing safety risk on the road. It isn’t your lead foot, aggressive driving or even driving under the influence. Dangerous as those practices are, they pale on the scale compared to the risk of using your cell phone to text while you’re driving. According to a recent study from the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, short of simply steering into an on-coming semi, sending a text message while driving is the riskiest thing you can do.

You wouldn’t read a newspaper while you’re moving down the highway at 65mph. But a surprising number of people think nothing of thumbing off a text or scanning an email, despite the fact that it is specifically or tacitly illegal in every single state and the District of Columbia. Read full story...

Drivers who text behind the wheel are 23% more likely to get into an accident than a drunk driver.

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