Extra Taxes After A Car Crash?... up to $2.000? WTF

That's fucking crazy. However, the article says:

According to Fire Chief Russell Sander, the charge will be billed to insurance companies, not to the drivers directly.

"They're not going to see something sent to their house," he said.
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So it's possible the insurance premium will go up because of this. GD, the government wants more, more, more money.

In other states:

New York City backed off its proposal to collect this kind of fee. Ten states have banned the crash tax, said NPR, saying it sends the wrong message. Insurance companies, the ones who were expected to pay the fines, applauded states' moves to ban the taxes.

"We applaud lawmakers for responding to the strong public opposition to this new trend of charging accident response fees," said Kelly Campbell, vice president for the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, after Arizona passed its bill banning crash taxes. "Ultimately these fees are a back-door tax that most consumers believe are unnecessary."
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Im not sure what Texas is up to! Lately, Texas governor advertised other states companies and employees to move down there due to cheap taxes, and low cost of living, how hypocrite are they, when they are trying to find way to get more revenue? You see, it is how Tyranny government is doing.

And finally Texas is execution capital of this country, what a turn off for the murderous state!
 
diehardbiker said:
Im not sure what Texas is up to! Lately, Texas governor advertised other states companies and employees to move down there due to cheap taxes, and low cost of living, how hypocrite are they, when they are trying to find way to get more revenue? You see, it is how Tyranny government is doing.

And finally Texas is execution capital of this country, what a turn off for the murderous state!
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it's pretty much saying - please drive safe and you'll be fine otherwise.... you'll have to pay for consequence. I have absolutely no problem with this.

I also want NYC and NJ to pass "Traffic Jam Penalty Fee" for those whose cars broke down on highways, causing traffic jams. it annoys me to no end when people drive crappy cars on highways when they really shouldn't if their cars are in poor condition.
 
Jiro said:
it's pretty much saying - please drive safe and you'll be fine otherwise.... you'll have to pay for consequence. I have absolutely no problem with this.

I also want NYC and NJ to pass "Traffic Jam Penalty Fee" for those whose cars broke down on highways, causing traffic jams. it annoys me to no end when people drive crappy cars on highways when they really shouldn't if their cars are in poor condition.
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May you break down on the road and people flip you off as they pass you by refusing to help.

Come on man... nobody plans for a broken down vehicle. Sure,... there are some morons driving unsafe and not roadworthy vehicles but that's not a true indicator of all those who break down. I'm the guy who pulls over and offers them a jump or a push.

Adding this "tax" is another stick in the stand that holds our freedom. Chip chip chip away. Being content is what the government is betting on from you. They want to to be sheeple.
 
Jiro said:
it's pretty much saying - please drive safe and you'll be fine otherwise.... you'll have to pay for consequence. I have absolutely no problem with this.

I also want NYC and NJ to pass "Traffic Jam Penalty Fee" for those whose cars broke down on highways, causing traffic jams. it annoys me to no end when people drive crappy cars on highways when they really shouldn't if their cars are in poor condition.
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I drive safely yet I've been in accidents (tickets going to other drivers, not me). I've had things happen to my Jeep, which was not a crappy car (projectile shattering driver's window, brand new valve stem popping out of brand new tire causing blowout). Driving safely is no guarantee that something won't happen to you.
 
Reba said:
I drive safely yet I've been in accidents (tickets going to other drivers, not me). I've had things happen to my Jeep, which was not a crappy car (projectile shattering driver's window, brand new valve stem popping out of brand new tire causing blowout). Driving safely is no guarantee that something won't happen to you.
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Speaking of tickets to at fault drivers... this so called "tax" is double jeopardy in a sense. This is intended to generate revenue for the city so they double book you. It's kind of like this surcharge nonsense that we got going on here in Texas.
 
My best guess that they're trying to tell everyone DRIVE CAREFULLY!!! Don't be Stupid!!! :rofl:

If there's slick, icy or snowy weather. Sometime it's out of our control when hit some patches of ice or going down the hill and you can't stop at all. Same goes for driving over bridge too. I would expect that to happen and deal with Extra Taxes ect..

Catty
 
Reba said:
I drive safely yet I've been in accidents (tickets going to other drivers, not me). I've had things happen to my Jeep, which was not a crappy car (projectile shattering driver's window, brand new valve stem popping out of brand new tire causing blowout). Driving safely is no guarantee that something won't happen to you.
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you don't have to worry about it. this "traffic tax" only should apply to this major metropolitan area.
 
NitroHonda said:
May you break down on the road and people flip you off as they pass you by refusing to help.

Come on man... nobody plans for a broken down vehicle. Sure,... there are some morons driving unsafe and not roadworthy vehicles but that's not a true indicator of all those who break down. I'm the guy who pulls over and offers them a jump or a push.

Adding this "tax" is another stick in the stand that holds our freedom. Chip chip chip away. Being content is what the government is betting on from you. They want to to be sheeple.
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driving a shoddy car on highway is a grave irresponsibility. too many people here are too irresponsible and stupid to not drive it on busy high-speed highways and we get accidents every single day. they should stick with local roads rather than highways.

traffic jam causes accident. plain and simple. and it's costly for taxpayers too. this "tax" is not chipping away your freedom. it's in response to a problematic situation and this tax can be eliminated at any time if a problem goes away.
 
Jiro said:
driving a shoddy car on highway is a grave irresponsibility. too many people here are too irresponsible and stupid to not drive it on busy high-speed highways and we get accidents every single day. they should stick with local roads rather than highways.

traffic jam causes accident. plain and simple. and it's costly for taxpayers too. this "tax" is not chipping away your freedom. it's in response to a problematic situation and this tax can be eliminated at any time if a problem goes away.
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Are you blaming on old cars for accidents? :roll:
 
CrazyPaul said:
That's fucking crazy. However, the article says:

the government wants more, more, more money.
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Ironic post of the week.

diehardbiker said:
Im not sure what Texas is up to! Lately, Texas governor advertised other states companies and employees to move down there due to cheap taxes, and low cost of living, how hypocrite are they, when they are trying to find way to get more revenue? You see, it is how Tyranny government is doing.

And finally Texas is execution capital of this country, what a turn off for the murderous state!
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This is ONE Texas city. An incorporated suburb of Houston. 26 states already have some variation of this. In South Texas most ambulance service is a city service, elsewhere many cities privatize their ambulance service. Those private ambulance services already charge for responding to an accident. This isn't a way of creating "more revenue" :lol: this is a way of cutting costs and protecting taxpayers from the negligence of others.
 
Hum, no, most of the accidents I noticed is much pretty newer cars rather than older cars. So don't assume that old cars are the one that causes accidents. It is not true. It is either one or two drivers that is idiot or bad designed road where there provides blind spots.

Even with school buses, I have heard few already in the past year that have been gone into accidents ANYWAY with all safety blah blah blah still accident anyway. So, nothing to do with age of cars or condition of cars, it is either drivers or road design.

Jiro said:
driving a shoddy car on highway is a grave irresponsibility. too many people here are too irresponsible and stupid to not drive it on busy high-speed highways and we get accidents every single day. they should stick with local roads rather than highways.

traffic jam causes accident. plain and simple. and it's costly for taxpayers too. this "tax" is not chipping away your freedom. it's in response to a problematic situation and this tax can be eliminated at any time if a problem goes away.
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diehardbiker said:
Im not sure what Texas is up to! Lately, Texas governor advertised other states companies and employees to move down there due to cheap taxes, and low cost of living, how hypocrite are they, when they are trying to find way to get more revenue? You see, it is how Tyranny government is doing.

And finally Texas is execution capital of this country, what a turn off for the murderous state!
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Yes, I have similar thinking about what you said and the car insurance will pay for ambulance service - that's very common today but those post is concern about overall clean-up, separated from ambulance transportation to hospital (automatically billed to all patients who transported, regardless on car accident or not).

CrazyPaul said:
What's so ironic about it, smart mouth?
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There is hint for you - don't feed the troll.
 
diehardbiker said:
Hum, no, most of the accidents I noticed is much pretty newer cars rather than older cars. So don't assume that old cars are the one that causes accidents. It is not true. It is either one or two drivers that is idiot or bad designed road where there provides blind spots.

Even with school buses, I have heard few already in the past year that have been gone into accidents ANYWAY with all safety blah blah blah still accident anyway. So, nothing to do with age of cars or condition of cars, it is either drivers or road design.
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It make me think that Jiro is from Tehran, Iran. :lol: *just kidding*

Yes, I noticed about many accidents in here are from new cars.
 
CrazyPaul said:
What's so ironic about it, smart mouth?
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Many of your posts defend USPS which can't stay above water.....but here you post about government wanting more money. That is all I was referring to.
 
TXgolfer said:
Many of your posts defend USPS which can't stay above water.....but here you post about government wanting more money. That is all I was referring to.
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How is USPS related to crash tax? HOW? HOW? HOW? :lol:
 
Foxrac said:
Yes, I have similar thinking about what you said and the car insurance will pay for ambulance service - that's very common today but those post is concern about overall clean-up, separated from ambulance transportation to hospital (automatically billed to all patients who transported, regardless on car accident or not).



There is hint for you - don't feed the troll.
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According to the article, Missouri City will bill the insurance, not the individual.
 
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