Let the ripoff begin - Crash Tax Anyone? (companies, driver)

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If it's going to be charged to the insurance companies then it will affect everybody as the insurance companies are just going to up the premiums across the board to cover it.
We pay taxes to cover this. If there's not enough money they should be reassessing where and how the money is being spent. They say it won't affect everybody but the reality is that it will, they will just shift that blame to the insurance companies.

[piyf]

Mo-City officials have also said if insurance companies don't pay the "crash tax," the city will drop it. The city will not hold individuals liable for the tax. There ya go, insurance companies. Defeat the stupidity and just don't pay it. If no one pays and no one is held accountable for not paying, then the issue won't be an issue.

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[cheryjohns]

All this is going to do is raise premiums on EVERYBODY.

Here is a huge problem - our police give out tickets even if no one was at fault. Always.

I was so shocked to be in a multiple car accident in San Antonio - and no one got a ticket, because the police determined it was a freak thing, with no one at fault. That would never happen here.

It's a slippery slope to where we get fined if burglarized and the police determine you might have had a degree of fault - like not turning on your alarm that day - or not owning one.

[crbcrbrgv]

Texans wanted low, low, looooooooooooooow taxes and guess what?

You got them.

Therefore, I really have no sympathy for anyone who complains about this.

Edit: I should make an exception for the OP as he is an expat (I believe).

[piyf]

We're not the only people who have low taxes home fry.

[txstate]

Nothing new in MO City. Im sure Mr. Elmer and those good ole boys at city council ( Marshall, Mayor Owen, Wyatt) would create something crazy as this. I know being a former employee of the city.

[CptnRn]

I just read about this "crash tax". Sounds like a good idea to me. I believe the people responsible for the call out of emergency services should shoulder a share of the cost. Why should safe drivers have to pay for it? If you visit an emergency room, you get billed for it. Why not other emergency services?

I expect this idea is going to catch on and we will see it in a lot more communities coming soon.

[CptnRn]

Originally Posted by HoustonProfessional
The flaw in the plan is the cops don't care if they ticket the right person. Learned that lesson the hard way when a guy came flying off the exit and the cops ticketed me. The insurance found in my favor, but the cops were grossly incompetent. I don't like this because it's just one more money grab when the city needs to cut its expenses. When this happens, next it will be something else. They will keep taxing until a lawsuit stops them (like the red light cameras which would get you for inching too far forward).
Did you fail to legally yield to traffic exiting the freeway?

Originally Posted by Supermac34

Did you fail to legally yield to traffic exiting the freeway?

Good call Supermac34, the Texas Drivers Handbook, page 4-3 says:

Situation 8—Entering or leaving controlled-access highway. - The driver of a vehicle proceeding on an access or frontage road of a controlled-access highway shall yield the right-of-way to:

a. a vehicle entering or about to enter the road from the highway;

or, b. a vehicle leaving or about to leave the road to enter the highway.

[jeremy2788]

I am okay with it, when you have a state and population so vehemently against raising any revenue AT ALL, you gotta do something.. atleast it isn't targeting everybody.

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Originally Posted by jeremy2788

I am okay with it, when you have a state and population so vehemently against raising any revenue AT ALL, you gotta do something.. atleast it isn't targeting everybody.

But it is. It's to be paid by the Insurance companies which means it will be reflected in all premiums. It may only get activated in the event of an at-fault crash but that doesn't mean that only reckless drivers are going to end up paying for it.