Peace of Mind
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Safeguarding the interests of you and your family
June, 2008
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 Welcome to our June eNewsletter.
Safeco is
one of the fine insurance companies we represent. In response to the
difficulties facing parents when their teens want to join them as drivers,
Safeco introduced Teensurance™ about a year ago. It was met with great success
but it was only available to those people who were already covered by Safeco.
Now, we are pleased to tell you that they are opening the program up to
non-Safeco customers as well.
In short,
Teensurance provides a range of ways to keep teen drivers safer. The program is
about providing parents peace of mind while teens earn their freedom. And the
"Teenage Driver Crash Statistics" should inform you as to the reasons why
Parents with Teens should be overly concerned:
The relationship between age and driving behavior has
interested highway safety researchers and administrators for many years. It is
generally acknowledged that the greatest risk of traffic crashes is among
teenage drivers. Traffic crashes are the leading cause of death for teenagers
across the United States. For both men and women, drivers aged 16 to 19 years
of age have the highest average annual crash and traffic violation rates of any
other age group. Click on the following links to get various nationwide crash
statistics for teenage drivers from the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration.
Please call
my office for information and support about insurance for your teens. I also
urge you to check with us first, in the event another agent for the company is
offering you what appears to be a better rate. Not all policies are
alike! We will review the new quote to make sure you are still receiving
the best combination of price and protection.
You may reach me at (800)
915-3090 Ext. 870 if you need an immediate response, or send me an eMail.
Best regards, Steve Brooks |
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What Does Teensurance Include?
For $14.99 each month-billed automatically to your credit
card-you receive:
*Additional Safety Beacon™ credits must be
purchased through your online account. A block of 100 credits costs $29.99.
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New Cell Phone Laws Going Into Effect July 1st
Those of you who rarely
use your cell phones while driving need not take too much notice of the
following announcement (oh, and p.s.? Thanks for being better than other
people). For those of you, however, who insist on multi-tasking throughout your
driving experience, watch out: that phone call you're making while wending your
way down the 101 might just get you pulled over and fined, fined, fined. The CHP
just released a press announcement detailing the new regulations and fine
schedules going into effect on July 1st: yes, hands-free devices will still be
okay, but only for drivers over the age of 18. (Sorry kids!)
The new law allows police
to pull you over just for using a hands-on cell phone while driving. The first
offense will cost you $20, with $50 fines thereafter. Convictions will appear
on your driving record, but will not add "points". Drivers over 18
can use hands-free devices like the Bluetooth.
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Look Ma: No Hands
A
national survey conducted by Omnibus in April 2003 found that nearly half of
all Americans who own cellular phones sometimes use
them while driving. And although three-quarters of those surveyed agreed that
drivers should use a hands-free cell phone while on the road, most of those who
use cell phones while driving said they never use a hands-free device. More
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CES 2008: Wireless Innovations for Portable Devices
Most of the buzz about
wirelessness at the Consumer Electronics Show has been generated by products
and technologies that seek to liberate HDTVs and other components that are usually
connected by cables. But there have also been interesting announcements in
traditionally unwired product categories. Here are three examples, from cameras,
music players, and cellphones respectively.
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Macworld 2008: Add To Your iPhone; Handsfree Talk
Besides printers,
scanners, and networked storage solutions, which you always expect to find at
Macworld, the focus this year seemed to have shifted towards new 3rd-party
peripherals revolving around iPhone. Dozens of new headset, headphones, and docking options have recently become available to support
Apple's new flagship product.
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Meet Peggy Murphy
Personal Insurance Agent
Peggy
brings 21 years of valued experience to Brooks Insurance Services.
"I love what I do for work and I
really believe in treating people how I know they want to be treated."
Peggy loves sports, watching the Angels or playing softball. She also
loves to travel and gamble. She has a 21 year old son (a gymnastics
teacher) that she is very proud of. She feels like she's at home when she
comes to work because everyone here feels like family.
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