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Special Report Reveals The Secrets Of Car Insurance And How You Can Prevent An Automotive Accident From Destroying Your Family's Dreams And Future!
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, there are 18,000 vehicle accidents every day in the United States, which breaks down to 750 every hour, or 13 every minute. 
In 2002, 42,815 people were killed in motor vehicle crashes and 2,926,000 people were injured. This makes deaths from motor vehicle accidents the leading cause of death for people aged 2 to 33.
Also in the same year, drinking and driving caused 17,419 traffic deaths, representing 41% of total traffic fatalities. Experts estimate one out of every three Americans will be involved in an alcohol-related automobile accident in their lifetime.
In addition, 4,808 pedestrians were killed and 71,000 pedestrians were injured in vehicle accidents in 2002. On average, a pedestrian is killed in a traffic accident every 109 minutes, and one is injured every 7 minutes.
What’s more, in 2002, in vehicle accidents where nobody was injured or killed, 4,348,000 of them involved property damage. The economic cost of motor vehicle accidents to our society was more than $40.4 billion for that year.
These statistics are frightening, wouldn’t you agree?
Like some drivers, perhaps you haven’t had a car accident since the first day you started driving.
If so, we congratulate you!
Unfortunately, even if you do have a perfect driving record, statistics show that your chance of being involved in a vehicle accident over the next six years is a staggering 51%.
Now, while there’s a chance that you or someone you know might never be involved in a car accident in your lifetime, no one can guarantee that.
Some states also realize that the chance of being in a vehicle accident is very high, so they enact laws to make you carry a minimum amount of auto insurance to protect the other driver in case you’re involved in a traffic accident in which you were at fault.
Like most people, your vehicle may be your main means of transportation. You probably use your car, van, or truck several times a day. So the more time you spend on the road, the greater your chance of being involved in a traffic accident.
Besides your home, your vehicle might be the next most expensive asset you own. You probably have worked for years to save the money to buy your car, van, or truck. So you want to protect it with the right kind of car insurance, right?
Please listen closely: while your vehicle can be an extremely useful piece of machinery, it can also pose an enormous risk to you--even when you use it properly.
You see, although you may be confident that you won’t cause any accidents, you have no control over other drivers. So it’s better to protect yourself, your passengers, and your vehicle (as well as your other valuable possessions) with the right type of car insurance.
Otherwise, if you or your loved ones got into a traffic crash (whether it’s your fault or the other driver’s), you may have to suffer financial hardships.
Imagine what would happen if, while driving one day, you lost control of your vehicle and it skidded off the road and it hit a pedestrian, injuring, or worse, killing him or her?
Not only would you probably feel terrible about the accident, but the injured or killed individual (or his or her family) probably would sue you for millions of dollars.
Unfortunately, because we’re living in such a litigious society today, even if this person suffered only minor injuries, he or she probably would take advantage of the situation and sue you for a fortune. So if you don’t have the proper car insurance coverage, even a minor vehicle accident could cause you to lose everything you now own.
Even worse, in some cases, besides losing all your valuables, you might even have to work for the next 10 or 20 years to pay for the damages, injuries, or deaths that you “accidentally” caused to others. If so, this would destroy your family’s dreams and future, wouldn’t it?
Let’s now look at the situation from the other side:
What would happen if you were the victim of a vehicle crash, and you didn’t have the proper car insurance protection?
Well, you probably wouldn’t get enough money from your insurance company to pay for the injuries or damages done to you, your passengers, and your vehicle.
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