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Monday, January 4, 2010

What is Pay as You Drive Insurance

By Tom Martens

The latest innovation in auto insurance is Pay As You Drive. As its name implies, Pay As You Drive sets your premiums on the basis of how many miles you drive. Drive less, pay less. Drive more, pay more. Pay As You Drive policies can be tailored to meet each driver's specific needs.

There are several ways of computing Pay As You Drive premiums. You can pay a flat rate for a range of miles, pay on the basis of the number of miles you actually drive during a preset time frame, or pay by the number of hours you drive in a given time period. Pay As You Drive premiums may also be based simply on the miles you drive without a fixed time period.

Since mileage determines the cost of the premiums for Pay As You Drive insurance, this requires that a vehicle?s mileage be monitored. This requires only periodic mileage readings and can be done with certified odometer readings, GPS based monitors or an upload of the vehicle?s computer data.

Mileage monitoring raises some concerns for those considering Pay As You Drive insurance. There are concerns that the devices used to monitor mileage will be used to track when or where a person drives, violating the driver?s privacy. However, that is not something a driver interested in Pay As You Drive insurance should worry about because the monitoring devices focus just on the number of miles driven and nothing else. Privacy concerns are not an issue with Pay As You Drive insurance.

You can benefit several different ways by switching to Pay As You Drive coverage. Your insurance premiums will be based just on your miles driven, not on your age, gender, or where you live. Pay As You Drive gives you a real incentive to drive less. And when you drive fewer miles, not only do you pay less for your insurance, you save on gas and maintenance and the wear and tear on your car. Pay As You Drive plans are good for the environment, because fewer miles driven means less greenhouse gas emissions, and less congestion on the road.

In addition, low mileage drivers will no longer subsidize high mileage drivers under the Pay As You Drive insurance system. Under a traditional insurance system, drivers pay the same amount for insurance premiums if they drive a few hundred miles a year or if they drive several thousand. Pay As You Drive is a more fair and equitable way of determining insurance premiums. You really do pay for what you use under this system.

The Brookings Institute found that two-thirds of American household would save under Pay As You Drive, an average of $22.50 a month, or $270 a year. The high-mileage drivers, of course, would not.

If you are interested in learning more about Pay As You Drive insurance, or to see if it is available in your area, contact a qualified insurance provider. He or she can help you tailor a Pay As You Drive insurance program to fit your specific needs. - 21393

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