California moves closer to pay-by-the-mile auto insurance

Jim Sanders
The Sacramento Bee
November 3, 2009

[efoods]Car insurance by the tankful?

Not quite, but California moved a step closer last month to pay-as-you-drive policies that could allow motorists to buy insurance like they do gasoline — a little at a time.

Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner released regulations permitting and authorizing mileage verification for pay-as-you-drive, without dictating what form such plans must take.

The goal is to use per-mile pricing to entice Californians not to drive so much, thus easing air pollution, relieving traffic congestion and lowering the number of traffic collisions.

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This article was posted: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 1:18 pm

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