Big Brother & the insurance co.

Had a good laugh over Addyson Santese’s recent “La Vida Local” column titled “Flockwork orange,” even though a similar sounding first syllable would better describe it. This kind of thing is going on in other places as well.

Recently, I got tired of being flocked by my now less-than veteran friendly insurance company and switched to another. After giving me a quote for about a 20% savings, I was told I get another 10% off if I signed up for their program that I guess would be installed on the computer of my car. I would also guess the computer would have to be already configured to accept it. This program would record every aspect of my driving, including rate of speed, lane wandering and even the rate of braking. What really stood out was that this program would record every path I took every time I hopped in and went somewhere.

What if my car decided to break down in front of a meth lab or brothel? Worse yet, if it followed me to my favorite secret fishing hole. Needless to say, I rejected it and started buying lottery tickets with the hope that I would never have to buy insurance again or take out a loan.

– Terry Moores, Durango