Car crash tax

[JLM]

Well, I guess "knee jerk" is better than just being a jerk. :lol:

 

[karrie]

That's your speculative opinion. I think this tax is more likely to be a disincentive to call in an accident, rather than a disincentive to get in an accident. There are already disincentives to avoid accidents...like injury and cost.

Isn't that exactly what JLM was saying when he commented that someone badly injured, if at fault for the accident, still might be inclined to not seek help because of the cost?

 

[Cannuck]

Have any of you heard about this?

NY City has plans to introduce fees in the face of looming budget cuts:

Francis X. Gribbon, the Fire Department’s chief spokesman, said the plan — a draft rule of which was published Thursday in the City Record — would include a range of fees. The highest fee, $490, would apply when fire units respond to the locations of crashes or car fires that include injuries. For car fires with no injuries, the fee would be $415, Mr. Gribbon said. And for crashes in which no one is hurt, the fee would be $365, he said.
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Crazy, crazy world....I can see the number of hit and runs going way up.

I'm kind of surprised it wasn't already in place. I'm not sure how it works in cities but we bill Alberta Transportation for attending motor vehicle accidents and they pass it on to the insurance companies. If you cause an accident in rural Alberta, or on any provincial highway, you get a bill....you just don't see it.