1960 Chevrolet Corvair dash baby cradle - photo

[WmRMeyers]

And probably a couple of older siblings sitting in the back seat, no seat belts no crash resistant passenger compartment, no head rests, no air bags or electronic warning sensors. How on earth did we ever survive?

Things were a little less crazy then. About 1963 or so, I was fiddling with the door handle in my step-mom's car on the Santa Ana freeway and fell out of the car in rush hour traffic. She stopped the car, got me back in the car, and chewed me out for messing with the door handle, but if that had happened today, I'd have probably gotten hit by 40 or 50 cars before traffic could stop. When I was a teen, around a decade later, LA was crowded, we thought. About 7million people in LA county. Now it's upwards of 12 million. Where I live now, the whole state has a bit less than 4 million people. And native Okies who don't travel much think the traffic's heavy here.

[Frank S]

Things were a little less crazy then. About 1963 or so, I was fiddling with the door handle in my step-mom's car on the Santa Ana freeway and fell out of the car in rush hour traffic. She stopped the car, got me back in the car, and chewed me out for messing with the door handle, but if that had happened today, I'd have probably gotten hit by 40 or 50 cars before traffic could stop. When I was a teen, around a decade later, LA was crowded, we thought. About 7million people in LA county. Now it's upwards of 12 million. Where I live now, the whole state has a bit less than 4 million people. And native Okies who don't travel much think the traffic's heavy here.

Been in an argument with my veh.INS. agent over my premiums, No accidents or tickets in over 30 years. and since moving out here where I live now I actually drive fewer than 1,500 miles a year, the veh. I currently am driving a 1991 F250 Diesel I have parked my other 3 and put them in non op status since we only go to town when our water tower gets low it was the best choice to remain on the road. this year my premiums went up by $200.00 per. would be more if I wasn't paying in full each renewal. I asked him why such an increase>
Because Texas has one of the highest accident rates, in the country just now.
I said let me guess the rates are based on the traffic in the cities, right? You do realize there are more guest rooms in the Dallas Sheridan hotel than there are people in my entire county. I can make 5 trips to town and back and still count all of the cars sharing the road with me during any 1 of those trips with the fingers of 1 hand and still a 1 left over to pick my nose with.
I sometimes really believe Texas should have closed its own boarders. 30 years ago. And now they should limit immigration from other states to those who own a business or they or their parents were born here.

[TrickieDickie]

Common sense would dictate people living in the congested cities with higher occurrences of accidents would bare the high premiums not people living in rural areas. I took the liberty of a sky view of Peacock, Frank, there isn't much there or near it. I am betting the higher rates involve people without drivers licenses and/or insurance multiplying the issue which the rest of us then have to pick up the tab. I can imagine you gave the insurance agent a sound verbal thrashing.

[Frank S]

Common sense would dictate people living in the congested cities with higher occurrences of accidents would bare the high premiums not people living in rural areas. I took the liberty of a sky view of Peacock, Frank, there isn't much there or near it. I am betting the higher rates involve people without drivers licenses and/or insurance multiplying the issue which the rest of us then have to pick up the tab. I can imagine you gave the insurance agent a sound verbal thrashing.

There was 1 count them 1 reportable accident in this county involving 2 or more vehicles in 2022 and 3 single vehicles involved. 1 serious injury some with suspected injuries. 0 deaths. and 1 accident reported 0 vehicles involved Not sure I understand that one.
https://myaccident.org/texas-acciden...ice-department