Good Student Discount Car Insurance
Reader’s Question:
Why are some insurance companies offer good student discounts on car insurance?
Michelle
Denver, CO
Good student discounts are offered by insurance companies as a way to help alleviate the high cost of car insurance for more responsible teens or young drivers by allowing this type of reduction in their car insurance rates.
According to statistics, students with higher grade point averages (GPA) tend to be more responsible when driving a motor vehicle. A discount is therefore offered to encourage responsibility in those teens or young drivers under the age of 25 who may be eligible.
To get more information if you would be eligible for a good student discount, you may contact your insurance broker and find out if they offer this discount and if so what their requirements are to acquire.
Teen Driver Non Owner Auto Insurance Policy?
Reader’s Question:
Should I get my daughter a non owners policy since she does not own a vehicle? She just got her driver’s license.
Linda
Good Question, Linda.
Generally, it is actually much cheaper if you add her to your insurance policy rather than getting a separate insurance for her. You may be able to get a discount from your insurance company for multi-policy if she will be driving her own car.
As soon as your teenager begins to operate a vehicle, you will need to notify your insurance company that you will add her as an additional driver in the household. Since teenagers are inexperienced in driving, you will notice a higher premium on your insurance, since according to statistics, they tend to get involve in an accident.
You may expect your insurance rate to go up as much as 50% if you add a teenager in you policy. A son however will increase a premiums for as much as 100%. You may consider increasing your liability limits for additional protection.
Please note that some non owners policies do not cover vehicles that are owned by a member of the same household.
Goodluck!
MariCAR
New Teen Driver Safety Tips
If you’re interested in teen driver safety for your son or daughter, then you should avoid buying them an SUV, or allowing them to buy one for themselves with their own money, until they are out of your house. The video above details the inherent danger of sports utility vehicles when they are under the control of teenagers, and the gap between the safety of an SUV and that of a regular car is growing all the time.
Last year, in relation to deaths from car accidents, eleven percent more deaths resulted from crashes involving SUVs than those that didn’t. At the same time, SUV’s have been selling far more vehicles, so we will only see those statistics rise, taking a big toll on teen driver safety.
While many of the newer sports utility vehicle models have roll over protection on them, this doesn’t always work, and when they don’t have it, rolling over is a very dangerous possibility. It is one of the things that makes the SUV most dangerous for the driver and passengers, and when teen driver safety is compromised by both the vehicle and by the fact that teenagers are more likely to take risky actions that would cause a roll over, you have something to worry about.
Another reason that SUVs are dangerous is that they have bumpers that are higher than those of other cars. These bumpers come to the level of the driver and passengers of a smaller car, and are thus more likely to cause injuries and fatalities, instead of doing what their supposed to do, which is hit the body of the car or the other car’s bumper and absorb the impact.
Not only do SUVs compromise teen driver safety, but they come at a heavy price. Most car insurance companies charge more for SUVs than they do for other cars, although if you have safety features installed, you might be able to get a discount.
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