A Poll: Should commercial carriers be allowed access to Facility Insurance?

[Michael Ludwig]

The OTA accepts that commercial carriers should have access to Facility Insurance in principle and wants to make the stay short, expensive, and conditional.

I reject this premise. I believe that a carrier the voluntary market has refused has been correctly judged unfit, and time-limited access to Facility Insurance just defers that verdict while still leaving the public at risk, and legitimate carriers paying for their mistakes.

To be fair, open, and honest, this opinion is a double edged sword. What if you, or your company, screws up so bad that your insurance carrier drops you, or the market turns and your insurance carrier gets out of the truck insurance business? You, or your company, could, possibly through no fault of your own, be temporarily left with nowhere to go for insurance other than Facility Insurance.

With this in mind I would like everyone to consider the above and respond to the following poll;

 

[Nawk]

Tough Question... I see both sides.

 

[MikeJr]

I see both sides also, but public safety is the trump card for me. No.

Keep well,
Mike

 

[loaders]

Perhaps yes, for a limited time that corresponds to an improved safety rating or proof of documented, verified remedial action to correct past mistakes.