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LE' 1 To the editc mir il Re: Auto insurance rates I arn a victirn, juet as ail of you are. I and millions of other people in my age group (16-21) are the reai victimes. Ioan remenber the day Igot my licnse - the exciternent, the pride, the sense of accornplishment, "Yah, right!t" Ail those feelings went down the drain as I received my first insurance quote, $3,200. Can you believe it? This quote was on a rusty old $400 1981 Toyota Tercel, and that quote did flot include fire, theft or collision. 0f course,- I checked around but $3,200 was my best quote. How la a fuil-time student with a part-time job supposed te afford this outrageous rate? And also have te psy for-gas, any repairs, plates,, etc. It was flot'until'I was 18 that 1 could manage (key word "manage") te masure my own car but now, after two years of monthly reminders of my high insurance payrnents, I can no longer afford to keep my car on the road. I guese by beef Is wlth the insurance companies,, though I was always told that rates are so high because the insurance companies stereotype us, young males, as 'bgh risk drivers." What 32,805 ,Ijdeivered General Méors of Canada dealers dellvered a total of 32&805 new véhIesin Mar - down four per cent from March of 1995. Truck sales rose 2.8 per cent compared te last March for a total of 14,319 units while passenger car sales were off 8.6 per oent at 18..486 imite. Tom Mason,. General Motors of Canadas vice president of marketing said, "The resuits we've seen through the first quarter of 19q6 have tracked closely te our forecast, , with combined vehicle sales up 3.3 per cent compared te last year. 'Truck sales lead the advance, up 5.6 per cent, with cars up 1.6 per cent for the three month period. I March, the Chevrolet Tahoe, GMC Yukon, and Suburban, as well as the Chevrolet Lumina and Pontiac Trans Sport niid-size vans, posted the greateat increases for trucks, with the Oldsrnobile Eighty-Eight and Saturn showing the largest jump in cars." FRWEE ALIGNMENT I Selistl% helainet swnnMadusenio rpar use mii Youth a 'victt*m' of auto insurance not I who's belng a careless, understand my siituation, but what nothingi Irresponsible, dangerous driver. can one voice do? Well itfs sad te Chris Byvelds Some roaders can probably say that ln teday's soclety.. Whitby res them the right to istereoptype ull? Why should I have to pay we ach for my insurance, when it's Radal / ' - ai-d W it P205/55R1 5 87S 88561 175.80 108.00 P205155R16 89S 70523 200.10 121.00 P24515OR16 96 53281 229.50 135.00 'RaialT/ -- aisd W it -Srae lck. ttr - s Tire 20 nd s Whitby Free Proe, Wednesday, Apul 17,. 1996 , Pae 2 5. WF rinqu v9ýqqvmm 9uvmqbI