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Re:The full story of Thailand’s extraordinary cave rescue by Aloha on Monday July 16, 2018 @02:48AM (#17539248)
In California for example, You post the bond in the amount required by the state (35k), that acts as your certificate of insurance. Purchase a surety bond from a company licensed in California, or file a certificate of self insurance (only for motor carriers, and requires a 300-750k deposit), or you can purchase traditional liability insurance.

https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/pubs/brochures/fast...

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Re:The full story of Thailand’s extraordinary cave rescue by justinator on Monday July 16, 2018 @11:58AM (#17542315)
But why would one do that, rather than pay insurance? What's the benefit to the driver?
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Re:The full story of Thailand’s extraordinary cave rescue by Aloha on Monday July 16, 2018 @02:11PM (#17543530)
In the long run, its cheaper - if you have the initial capital.
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Re:The full story of Thailand’s extraordinary cave rescue by justinator on Monday July 16, 2018 @06:31PM (#17545736)
So it's an example of, "being poor is more expensive than being rich"

Any other pluses to doing it this way?

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Re:The full story of Thailand’s extraordinary cave rescue by Aloha on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @01:40AM (#17547545)
One less thing to worry about, you file the bond once, and its good forever
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