Tag Archives: AAA

Make Good on Your New Year’s Resolution: Ways to Save on Your Auto Policy

With 2012 right around the corner, many of us are dreading the credit card bills that can hit us hard after the holiday season.  While there may be many resolutions you aspire to achieve in the coming year, one that MassDrive can help with is saving you money without adding risk to your everyday life. [...]

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Discounts & Saving Money on Auto Insurance

When shopping for auto insurance the ultimate goal is to find a reputable company and the lowest premium. While searching for insurance on the web or over the phone it is important to remember carriers will offer different discounts for various reasons. Saving money on your auto insurance is easy, when requesting a quote ask [...]

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Auto Insurance for Rental Vehicles

When picking up a rental vehicle the concierge, more often then not, will offer additional auto insurance through the rental business for an additional fee. Many drivers blindly decline or accept this coverage without checking into their own auto insurance policy. Depending on the coverages you’ve chosen for your own auto insurance policy, you may [...]

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Managed Competition = Driver's Savings

Before 2008 Massachusetts auto insurance rates were set by the Massachusetts Commissioner of Insurance by the fix-and-establish system. The previous system relied on zip code and driving record to determine rates, in the new deregulated system carriers use their own methods of calculating rates and has in result increased competition saving driver’s money on auto [...]

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Older Drivers Get to Know Their Limits

As the baby boomers age the number of drivers 65 years or older rise on the road. Although new drivers joining the 65 + grouping drive further each year than generations before them, from 1997 – 2006 elderly drivers have experienced fewer fatal accidents than the same age groups in the past. Although the causes [...]

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Right to Repair Legislation

Today’s vehicles are becoming more and more complex as computers and technology advance. From a vehicle’s computer to ignition systems, cars as we know them have developed into something we could only dream of 10 or 20 years ago. While these advancements in technology may increase a drivers’ safety, comfort, and auto reliability it has [...]

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Road Rage and Ways to Combat Frustration on the Road

A recent nationwide study revealed driver habits and the cities that have the most aggressive drivers.  According to the study, if you live in major city on either coast, you’re more likely to expirience or witness road rage.  Miami tops the list as the worst cities for aggressive driving, followed by New York, Boston, Los [...]

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AAA Expects a Decline in Travel Over the 4th of July Weekend

AAA released a statement saying that travel over the 4th of July holiday weekend will decline 1.9% this year due to the recession and high gasoline prices. AAA reported to Bloomberg that the number of people traveling at least 50 miles away from their home will drop to 37.1 million from 37.8 million in 2008. [...]

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