[blparent] question for my fellow parents

[Tara Briggs]

Hey! I think I’m going to second this. We have a wheelchair accessible van but my husband is a quadriplegic and we definitely don’t have the money to adapt it with the hand controls he would  need so he can’t drive it. And if I drive the van, as a blind person, will all die. So we have like was stated above an umbrella policy end because our  vehicle is wheelchair assessable it is pretty expensive to replace it. We pay $70 a month on insurance and we have good replacement coverage in case anything were to happen! I hope you will keep us posted about what solution you find. Because in a little over 10 years I will be facing the same question you are now. I’m sorry this is so frustrating!
Tara

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> On Aug 16, 2018, at 11:20 AM, Michael Baldwin via BlParent <blparent at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I'm with Jody on this. Because you don't drive, your child is considered the primary driver instead of a secondary driver.
> 
> Check with close relatives to see if they'd be willing to put  your child on their policy. The difficulty here would be not living at the same address.
> 
> Michael
> 
> 
> 
>> On 8/16/2018 9:33 AM, Scott C. Labarre via BlParent wrote:
>> Hello everyone, I am new to this list but, of course, not to the Federation.
>> On Monday, our kids, Alex and Emily, started school.  It's hard to believe
>> that they are 10th and eighth graders respectively.  On October 4th Alex
>> will turn 16 and plans on sitting for his driver's license exam at some
>> point close to his birthday.
>> 
>>  
>> That is what brings me to my question.  I wonder how some of you have
>> handled auto insurance.  As many of you know, Anahit and I are both blind
>> and thus do not drive.  Insurance companies will sell us a policy to cover
>> Alex for $6000 a year or, $500 a month and which only covers one vehicle.
>> This is far more expensive than what sighted parents are paying for their 16
>> year old children.  For example, a couple we know whose son turned 16 in
>> July and is driving are paying only an additional $133.00 a month and only a
>> total of $3800  a year or $317 a month to cover three drivers and two cars.
>> 
>> 
>>  
>> They tell us that it is so high because neither one of us drives.  This
>> argument makes no sense to me because the fact is that a child will not be
>> driving with their parents in the car 90 percent of the time or more.  The
>> whole point of getting a license is for the child to be independent and
>> drive themselves places.  Even when sighted parents are in the car with
>> their teenage and licensed  child, it is highly likely that the parent will
>> be driving.
>> 
>>  
>> The bottom line, in my opinion, is this is a case of discrimination based on
>> a disparate impact theory.  Although the policy is facially neutral, it has
>> a disparate impact on those of us who are blind for no justifiable reason.
>> 
>>  
>> So, I am researching the legal aspects of this, as you can imagine, but all
>> of that takes time and I really don't want a lengthy battle on my hands.
>> Consequently, I am turning to my fellow blind parents to see what solutions
>> you may have discovered to all of this.
>> 
>>  
>> I thank you in advance for any thoughts.
>> 
>>  
>> Best,
>> 
>> Scott
>> 
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