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Re:Driverless Cars Threaten to Crash Insurers’ Earnings by dragonwriter on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @01:46PM (#12167420)
> The government mandates we MUST have insurance

Actually, in California, the government does not. You must have either a certain specified minimum level of insurance or a post a specified minimum surety bond.

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Re:Driverless Cars Threaten to Crash Insurers’ Earnings by busyant on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @04:19PM (#12168474)
This sounds like a distinction without much of a difference.
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Re:Driverless Cars Threaten to Crash Insurers’ Earnings by dragonwriter on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @05:43PM (#12168936)
It makes a difference because insurance companies don't have unlimited ability (even collectively) to set prices, since there if an alternative that they don't control.
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