Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner of California released regulations permitting and authorizing mileage verification for pay-as-you-drive. The idea being that Californians won't drive as much if they pay-per-mile. Spokesmen from a few Insurance companies, including State Farm and Allstate, have stated that they are considering pay-per-mile auto insurance but haven't decided whether or not it'll actually become a reality. With the economy being the way it is, getting a...
You're driving down the road, and you find yourself behind a car filled with passengers. Every seat is taken. Another car is driving in the lane next to you. It suddenly pulls forward and switches lanes, cutting off the vehicle in front of you. That car's driver slams on the brakes, bringing the car to a sudden stop and before you know it, you're ramming into the back of it. The third car that cut everyone o...
Glenn Beck, who recently declared on his Fox news that Barack Obama was a "racist" who harbors a "deep-seated hatred for white people," has been causing many of the advertisers on that program to move their ad spots to other programs. Geico, in particular, recently went public with their decision to have their ad time reallocated to shows other than his. “On Tuesday, August 4, GEICO instructed its ad buying service to redistribute its inventory of rotational spots o...
As a kid, did you ever want to meet a famous mascot for your birthday? I personally always wanted to hang with the Fraggles from Fraggle Rock, but a 7 year old boy from California wanted to meet the Geico Gecko, and got his wish. The employees at the Bakersfield Geico office made him a stuff animal of the lizard, as well as having an appearance of someone in a lizard suit. "It's an easy request to grant an...