California Considering Mileage-Based Car Insurance

Published on: July 18, 2008

Mileage-based car insurance, also known as pay-as-you-drive (PAYD), is beginning to take hold.

The California Assembly passed a bill that would enable  insurance companies and their customers to voluntarily sell and purchase insurance based on the verified miles driven by the insured vehicle.

A Brookings Institution study estimated that PAYD insurance would reduce vehicle miles by 8% and save most households an average of $270 per car.

The Bill (AB 2800) will be taken up by the state Senate Appropriations Committee in August before moving to the Senate floor for a vote.

Oregon passed a similar law in 2003. Pilot programs are also underway in Georgia and Massachusetts.

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