Sooo you think your car insurance is expensive?

[Redlyne_mr2]

Being a teenager in Canada isn't all it's cracked up to be. Described as having "a tendency to speed" by his doting mother, 19 -year old Jason Towers has racked up no less than 10 speeding tickets since he got his license in May 2005. Towers claims most of those tickets were given for only going a few kilometers over the per-hour limit. Which definitely explains his two license suspensions in that time. If you're starting to get the impression that Towers might be a dangerous driver, you'd be wrong.

He's only had two minor fender benders, oh and that one little accident where he totaled his car. So it came as a shock to Jason's mom when she called to renew the insurance on his Nissan 240SX, only to be quoted $104,556. By calling around, she eventually got that number down to $50,000, still more than she was prepared to spend on insuring her son's car. Sometimes, life just isn't fair. [Via the Edmonton

[JordanAndrew]

Is this the same person that was on the newspaper not too long ago? I thought the insurance quote on that guy was in the millions or something? I dunno, I can't seem to find it. haha! Regardless, that sucks for them!

[max_boost]

:repost:

At least two years old :D

[Zewind]

Learn to fight the tickets.

[JordanAndrew]

Originally posted by Zewind
Learn to fight the tickets.

err how about just learn how to obey the speed limit? :nut:

[Xtrema]

Originally posted by JordanAndrew


err how about just learn how to obey the speed limit? :nut:

Or learn to drive.

[jaylo]

-10 speeding tickets
-2 license suspension
-2 fender benders
-1 car totalled

:facepalm:

Keep him off the road.

[Masked Bandit]

:repost:

[nbaker00]

I'm 16 with no speeding tickets/accidents/or anything and know how to handle high powered cars and I'm $7500/ year:facepalm:
Still frickin' retarded.

[blitz]

I bet that's not on a Civic DX though :)

[Moe Man]

haha mines 500 bux a year....muwahhhh

[GQBalla]

Originally posted by nbaker00
I'm 16 with no speeding tickets/accidents/or anything and know how to handle high powered cars and I'm $7500/ year:facepalm:
Still frickin' retarded.

ouch... thats expensive.

but your a baller so put that hand away and smile :D

[Artega]

Originally posted by nbaker00
I'm 16 with no speeding tickets/accidents/or anything and know how to handle high powered cars and I'm $7500/ year:facepalm:
Still frickin' retarded.

Yeah but you're baller
you're probably making more than most 25 years old on here

I'm curious though, what do you drive?

[5000Audi]

Originally posted by JordanAndrew
Is this the same person that was on the newspaper not too long ago? I thought the insurance quote on that guy was in the millions or something? I dunno, I can't seem to find it. haha! Regardless, that sucks for them!


http://forums.beyond.ca/st/200635/104566-63-insurance-premium-not-near-enough-/:repost:

[Xtrema]

Originally posted by nbaker00
I'm 16 with no speeding tickets/accidents/or anything and know how to handle high powered cars and I'm $7500/ year:facepalm:
Still frickin' retarded.

Won't that be a business expense for you?

[BlueGoblin]

His name wasn't Jason, it was Janson.

He must have found that insurance was cheaper for him on a motorcycle when he moved to Penticton.

http://www.pentictonherald.ca/stories.php?id=140379

[badatusrnames]

Originally posted by BlueGoblin
His name wasn't Jason, it was Janson.

He must have found that insurance was cheaper for him on a motorcycle when he moved to Penticton.

http://www.pentictonherald.ca/stories.php?id=140379

You're right, it is Janson Towers, this article has the proper name:

http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=9d92d4fe-1c61-4364-ac54-b61e31a34e50&k=47030

Talk about foreshadowing.

[BlueGoblin]

It is unfortunate that he never caught on, even after getting at least ten tickets, a collision and being effectively denied insurance coverage.


Sun player killed in motorcycle crash
By J.P. SQUIRE
Sunday, October 12, 2008

Okanagan Sun running back Janson Towers was killed in a motorcycle crash on the way home from a team practice on Friday.
Police, fire and ambulance personnel rushed to the two-vehicle accident at the corner of Gordon Drive and Harvey Avenue in Kelowna at 7:42 p.m.
“Preliminary reports indicate the speeding motorcycle was westbound, driving too fast to stop in time for a semi-trailer, which had begun the left turn onto Gordon Drive,” said RCMP Const. Bob Charron in a news release just before midnight Friday.
“The motorcycle struck the tail end of the trailer. Efforts by a qualified first-aid (attendant) and an off-duty ambulance worker who were witnesses worked hard to keep the Alberta man alive. The 21-year-old male died from serious injuries en route to hospital.”
Highway 97 was closed for nearly three hours so police and an accident reconstruction specialist could examine the scene.
RCMP are asking any witnesses who saw the motorcycle on the road prior to the crash and who have not yet been in contact with or spoken to police at the scene to call the detachment at 250-762-3300 and leave their names.
The RCMP officers investigating the accident are off for four days and no one was available for more details.
Towers‘ death occurred the day before the junior football team faced the South Surrey Rams in a B.C. Football Conference semifinal game at the Apple Bowl.
It was only four days after the five-foot-10, 205-pound Edmonton native was presented with the Marty Cullen trophy as the most inspirational player during the Sun‘s awards dinner.
Four years ago, on Sept. 1, 2004, players watched as all-star running back Jeff Halvorson collapsed during practice.
Medical examiners concluded the death of the 21-year-old, just six weeks after marrying his high school sweetheart, was the result of heart failure brought on by a virus.
For more on Towers and the impact on the Okanagan Sun, turn to today‘s sports section on page B1.

[finboy]

well if that isn't darwin paying a visit, i don't know what is :dunno:

[semograd]

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o129/semograd/darwin.jpg

THANK YOU ^ for getting this retard off the roads before he was able to hurt anyone else.

[SilverGS]

Originally posted by finboy
well if that isn't darwin paying a visit, i don't know what is :dunno:

No doubt. Sad but after all those accidents he got on a bike? Oh dear

[D'z Nutz]

Originally posted by BlueGoblin
His name wasn't Jason, it was Janson.

He must have found that insurance was cheaper for him on a motorcycle when he moved to Penticton.

http://www.pentictonherald.ca/stories.php?id=140379

Yeah, that's a crying shame. :zzz:

[TomcoPDR]

Originally posted by nbaker00
I'm 16 with no speeding tickets/accidents/or anything and know how to handle high powered cars and I'm $7500/ year:facepalm:
Still frickin' retarded.

You're not using the dealer plates properly then.

[Redlyne_mr2]

whoa thats nuts

[Jynx]

When i was 16 i paid 8500/year on a 1999 Malibu before the insurance freeze came in!

Now i pay under a 1000 and im 21 :)

[natejj]

Thats sad. But thats pretty nuts.

[schocker]

That is quite the ending to that story.:nut:
Getting a bike though after not being able to drive a car in a safe manner :facepalm:

[Casa]

Originally posted by nbaker00
I'm 16 with no speeding tickets/accidents/or anything and know how to handle high powered cars and I'm $7500/ year:facepalm:
Still frickin' retarded.

that sounds reasonable.
i don't know one 16 year old that drives maturely, seriously.

[nbaker00]

Originally posted by Casa


that sounds reasonable.
i don't know one 16 year old that drives maturely, seriously.
Well you haven't met me then.

[TACO.VIDAL]

Whats your qualifications that you know how to handle highpower cars? Serious... racing schools? racing experience? extensive training? racing gocarts since youve been able to walk?

Just curious.




Originally posted by nbaker00


...know how to handle high powered cars...


Well you haven't met me then.

[semograd]

why is he a baller anyways?

[jwslam]

:banghead:
honestly. i have nothing to say to the kid.
:banghead:

[Penis McNickels]

Originally posted by jwslam
:banghead:
honestly. i have nothing to say to the kid.
:banghead:

That's because he's dead.

[Eleanor]

Originally posted by schocker
Getting a bike though after not being able to drive a car in a safe manner :facepalm:
:werd:

[Casa]

Originally posted by TACO.VIDAL
Whats your qualifications that you know how to handle highpower cars? Serious... racing schools? racing experience? extensive training? racing gocarts since youve been able to walk?

Just curious.





thats a good question.

[whiskas]

In an ideal world insurance companies would provide discounts to people who have taken performance/racing schools.

Instead they'll probably drop you from your policy.

One accident I witnessed this year could have been easily avoided if the person behind the wheel driving a non ABS car understood threshold braking. Instead they locked up their wheels instantly and shit their pants as their car plowed into the rear end of another car :facepalm:

[max_boost]

Originally posted by Redlyne_mr2
whoa thats nuts

:werd:

It sucks to go that way but when you have a driving history like him it's hard to feel bad for him?! Definitely feel bad for all his family + friends though because it's tough to deal with things like death and mourning.


Originally posted by nbaker00

Well you haven't met me then.

You have to pay your dues like the rest of us! My insurance didn't get cheap until I turned 21 and maintained a clean record.