That study you mentioned, that I found was done on a much, much smaller sample. That alone makes the study suspect, not to mention the sponsors. The Frazer Institute in the past has been slammed for seriously biasing its findings. In short its slightly to the right of the Heritage Foundation. Frankly I would not trust any study it wrote if my job depended on it. I could not find any indication of the methodology in the study, nor if any statistical controls were used. In short as a study it sucked, at the level of dead budgies or canal water. I just scanned through both findings. The CAC study was much more statistically valid, controlling for size of city, miles driven, type of driving record. etc. All in all a much superior study.
There is also a previous study I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that also compared the insurance rates from cities across western Canada, and found that insurance rates in Alberta, where insurance is private, was almost twice that of Winnipeg, which is in a public insurance system. The preponderance of evidence shows that public insurance schemes works, and benefits drivers much more than private auto insurance. regards, larry At 01:55 PM 9/11/2003, you wrote: >http://winnipeg.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=mb_autostudy20030904 > >Timothy Heald >Information Systems Manager >Overseas Security Advisory Council >U.S. Department of State >571.345.2319 > >The opinions expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. >Department of State or any affiliated organization(s). Nor have these >opinions been approved or sanctioned by these organizations. This e-mail is >unclassified based on the definitions in E.O. 12958. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 1:50 PM >To: CF-Community >Subject: PUBLIC AUTO INSURANCE A BETTER DEAL: STUDY > > >PUBLIC AUTO INSURANCE A BETTER DEAL: STUDY >A new study says public auto insurance schemes, such >as the one in Manitoba, provides better >coverage at lower prices compared to private >insurance schemes. > >FULL STORY >http://winnipeg.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=mb_insurance20030911 > >Strike another one for government owned companies. > >larry > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
