The Enlightened Savage: City Council Continues the Snow Job

by Enlightened Savage

By comparison, of course, it's not humanly possible to get hurt on an icy residential street. You're only in a 1,000-pound vehicle travelling between 9 and 15 metres per second. The kids in that school bus or cross-walk will just have to suck it up and deal with it as you skid into them... after all, we'd have to raise taxes to pay for better snow removal. By far, the better policy position is to cross our fingers and pray for a Chinook that might take 3 to 4 weeks to get here. And even if I DID accept Alderman Bob's "all or nothing" position, we're talking about a difference of $80 Million per year. That's $80 for each Calgarian, to make sure that every possible thing that COULD be done to protect us during the ridiculously long winters we get here, WOULD be done. We'd all save that on auto insurance premiums alone. Attachments: The agenda for the meeting where this was discussed . This asinine recommendation goes to full Council on September 28th . Pay attention to who votes to accept the recommendation, and remember that when you go to the polls next October. Or when you slide into a curb in your neighbourhood because you were driving a reckless 10 km/h on a road still covered in snow and ice 5 days after the snow stopped falling.

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Calgarians tally hail damage

13.07.10

Calgarians are spending time on hold with insurance brokers and filling out claims one day after an intense hailstorm damaged vehicles and property.

Golf-ball sized hail pelted parts of the city on Monday afternoon, denting vehicles and even cracking windshields.

"We've got hundreds of dents, a couple spider cracks on the windshield and the back window is sitting in the back seat," said DJ Kelly of his car.

Yuval Kordov found out on Tuesday that fixing the dents on his customized Volvo and replacing the windshield will cost $2,500.

"Yeah, this is my baby, and I'm a bit worried about it not seeming new anymore but that's life," he said.

The Dent Clinic in southeast Calgary has been getting a steady stream of phone calls and customers.

"The phones started ringing before the hail even stopped," said owner Mark Armstrong.

While most residential policies cover hail damage, vehicle coverage depends on each driver's plan, said Glen Labelle, an independent insurance adjuster in Calgary.

Source: CBC.ca