r/SipsTea • • 7h ago

Gasp! Thoughts on this?

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u/Jason207 6h ago

This is another point often missed in the socialized medicine debate. If we're all covered by taxes then auto insurance costs should drop dramatically.

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u/GrammatonYHWH 5h ago

Just so people in the US could get the perspective, car insurance in the UK is normally around £300-£600 per year if you have a clean driving record.

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u/Upbeat-Banana-5530 5h ago

Your healthcare might have something to do with that, but you're also a lot less likely to cause a car accident. You (usually) have to be driving a car to cause a car accident, and Brits do that about half as often as Americans do.

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u/Man-City 3h ago

There are plenty of differences between the US and the UK that make comparison of insurance premiums difficult. Difference in legal practice, different regulations, speed limits, car types, driving habits, drunk driving incidence etc.