Driving School tomorrow

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:45 am

Tomorrow we are registered for the AAA sponsered 6 hour driver safety class. The certification is good for 3 years, and you get 10% off your insurance premiums for each of the 3 years. The 10% off the first time more than covers the cost of the class.:driving:

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:47 am

Marie, that's great!

Can anyone take the class and get 10% off auto insurance? With two or more cars, that can really add up . . .

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:53 am

cherandbuster wrote: Marie, that's great!

Can anyone take the class and get 10% off auto insurance? With two or more cars, that can really add up . . .

Cher..I think you have to be a AAA member to take thiers, but I am not sure. I do know that there are other places that sponsor them, like AARP

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:56 am

Hubby and I are AAA members, so I'll have to look into it.

Thanks for the info, my friend! :driving:

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 10:07 am

cherandbuster wrote: Hubby and I are AAA members, so I'll have to look into it.

Thanks for the info, my friend! :driving:

Just go to thier website, www.aaa.com and you can get the info there about where the classes are held locally. You will just need to register on the site.

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 10:10 am

oh, that's great!

we had to take a defensive driving class to get our CDL's and we get the discount on our car insurance too! :-6

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 10:20 am

sunny104 wrote: oh, that's great!

we had to take a defensive driving class to get our CDL's and we get the discount on our car insurance too! :-6

Defensive driving. Is that like drive jitsu?

cars · Post by **cars** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 12:08 pm

Marie, forget about the 10% discount gimmick. This post is not a commercial, & no, I don't get a commission from this post! Get AIG Auto Insurance! They are the cheapest insurance rates "ligitamate" company I have ever found. AIG beat the rates against: Nationwide, Allstate, Progressive, State Farm, Amica, GEICO, NAU,

AARP, & "AAA"! This info can really benifit any & all who can qualify for AIG! Again, I am not affiliated with this co, & I don't get a commission from the post, I'm just sharing a good thing, for people who want to save on their car insurance rates!:)

(Houses as well)

cars · Post by **cars** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 12:19 pm

SnoozeControl wrote: You should get a commission, that's better than 90% of the insurance commercials I've seen.

Ok, Ok you talked me into it Snooze, I take 10% of the savings over the other companies that you guys get!

(ONLY KIDDING, ofcourse, before the comission police show up)

And Yeah Snooze, I hate that Allstate "Smashing-up" the cars ones, & GEICO can't even afford a real live person in thier ads, instead of that silly Gecko!

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 12:30 pm

I like Geico:-3

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 12:42 pm

cars wrote: Marie, forget about the 10% discount gimmick. This post is not a commercial, & no, I don't get a commission from this post! Get AIG Auto Insurance! They are the cheapest insurance rates "ligitamate" company I have ever found. AIG beat the rates against: Nationwide, Allstate, Progressive, State Farm, Amica, GEICO, NAU,

AARP, & "AAA"! This info can really benifit any & all who can qualify for AIG! Again, I am not affiliated with this co, & I don't get a commission from the post, I'm just sharing a good thing, for people who want to save on their car insurance rates!:)

(Houses as well)

I do not feel it is a gimmick..as it is 10% off, no matter what insurance you use..even AIG!!

We are wit Met Life..get car and homeowners through them. Rick has dealt with them for years..and we are perfectly fine with them.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 12:43 pm

sunny104 wrote: I like Geico:-3
Me too!:)

But, I do have the extra AAA road hazard for the kids, I would rather have double and not worry-with the winter weather here.

cars · Post by **cars** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 1:02 pm

Marie5656 wrote: I do not feel it is a gimmick..as it is 10% off, no matter what insurance you use..even AIG!!

We are wit Met Life..get car and homeowners through them. Rick has dealt with them for years..and we are perfectly fine with them.

Well just for ha-ha's Marie, if you choose to, call AIG, you can find out just how much you will cut you Met life rate by. I had GEICO for over a dozen years, & in 1987 I bought a new car & found out about AIG all in the same day! AIG was over $300 cheaper than GEICO. So I switched over to AIG back then in 87, & have had them ever since. Our house is now also insured with AIG, again the best rates around.

Side Note: Back in 1997, our car was rear-ended by a person that did not have any insurance at all! AIG paid to repair our car (at autobody shop of our choice) within the first week after the accident, & then went after the guy who rear-ended our car, took him to court, & what ever else was necessary. We were out of the loop with no worries!

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 7:03 pm

We went, and we got our certificates. Interesting class. OK,the insurance thing aside, I really think a class like this should be something all drivers should be required to go through at every license renewal...or at least once every 5 or 6 years.

Just to refresh us about driver safety and accident prevention. Yes, much is common sense, but we tend to become too relaxed some times. Since we last took the class, 4 years ago, there was a whole new section added about Road Rage, and dealing with it..from both sides..being the angry person..and the one on the recieving end.

I did enjoy it.

cars · Post by **cars** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 3:37 am

Marie5656 wrote: OK we went, and we got our certificates. Interesting class. OK

Wow "Road Rage" Marie, that's a biggie here in New England! Care to share how they taught you to deal with it! For now, I just let the "Road Rager" win, as I am not about to risk my life, & or the lives of others around us to play a rage game, with a temporarily deranged driver! :-2

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 3:40 am

cars wrote: Wow "Road Rage" Marie, that's a biggie here in New England! Care to share how they taught you to deal with it! For now, I just let the "Road Rager" win, as I am not about to risk my life, & or the life of others around us to play a rage game, with a temporarily deranged driver! :-2

That is exactly what they teach at the class, cars. Goes back to the common sense thing, I guess. The instructor actually reminded us that THIER problems are not OUR problems. He also told of the well known incident out in California several years back, where some nutjob got mad at a lady driver, and when she was stopped went over and started yelling at her..then reached in, grabbed her dog from the car and threw it out in traffic. Sad.

I just think it is good to have that reminder, now and again, of good driving hab its.:driving:

cars · Post by **cars** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 3:49 am

Marie5656 wrote: That is exactly what they teach at the class, cars. Goes back to the common sense thing, I guess. The instructor actually reminded us that THIER problems are not OUR problems. He also told of the well known incident out in California several years back, where some nutjob got mad at a lady driver, and when she was stopped went over and started yelling at her..then reached in, grabbed her dog from the car and threw it out in traffic. Sad.

I just think it is good to have that reminder, now and again, of good driving hab its.:driving:

Thanks Marie, guess I've been doing it right all these years & didn't even really know it!

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 4:00 am

I bet you were the teacher's pet!:-6

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 4:02 am

chonsigirl wrote: I bet you were the teacher's pet!:-6

Well, he was kinda cute. :-4

cars · Post by **cars** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 6:44 am

Marie5656 wrote: Well, he was kinda cute. :-4

Hey, Hey, no wonder why you passed the class with flying colors! :p

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 11:51 am

We also learned to be cautious of the multi-tasking drivers. You know the ones....they are eating, talking on cell, reading, doing anything but concentrating on the road.

The instructor told us a story related by a truck driver in another class. He looked down into another car..with a woman drive. The lady had some sort of contraption attached to her steering wheel, to which she had affixed a book...the contraption held the pages of the book open, so she could read!!

Had a lady behind me today...we were at a light. But she appeared to be having some sort of highly emotional phone conversation. One hand weas holding the phone, the other was gesturing madly all about..and the look on her face seemed one of pure anger! Thing is, New York state has a hands free law in effect...cell phones need to be hands free when driving..meaning speaker phone or headset. I see very few drivers actually using them. I always pull over to use the phone.

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 12:34 pm

Marie5656 wrote: Had a lady behind me today...we were at a light. But she appeared to be having some sort of highly emotional phone conversation. One hand weas holding the phone, the other was gesturing madly all about..and the look on her face seemed one of pure anger! Thing is, New York state has a hands free law in effect...cell phones need to be hands free when driving..meaning speaker phone or headset. I see very few drivers actually using them. I always pull over to use the phone.

I see this frequently over here. A law was passed a while ago that handsfree phones only could be used in vehicles. Regularly, this is just flaunting the law. it indicates to me not only how stupid the drivers are, but also how many people have absolutely no respect for the law or others. What people say in public is not necessarily what they really think. Driving, for me, shows the true, hidden natures of people.