Car insurance rates are surging as Americans struggle to pay for basic necessities and ongoing debt.

The newest Consumer Price Index shows car insurance spiked 20 percent year over year. The surge in pricing occurred after years of gradual price inflation, with earlier reports finding the rates grew by 36 percent since 2020.

That’s at the same time debt is soaring for many Americans. While Americans hold around 1.75 trillion in student debt loans alone, they also have $1.05 trillion in credit card balances not paid off.

  • @deadbeef79000
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    64 months ago

    Or, someone’s following distance is too short.

    • @[email protected]
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      14 months ago

      Agreed, but defense driving dictates that you should be aware of the tailgating asshole behind you

      • @deadbeef79000
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        34 months ago

        … and not be speeding in the first place.

        None of this is the fault of any enforcement action, it’s the fault of poor driving.