This is a perfect picture of the mindset the majority of our legislators seem to live in: An insulated bubble where the royal legislators within endlessly manufacture a parade of laws for everyone else to follow, with no accountability of their own.
For the sake of balance here, I will say that mindset exists on both sides of the aisle. However the CA left far outnumbers the right in Sacramento, and therfore holds the greatest responsibility to be the face of good government.
Considering most (if not all) of the auto related damage passed on to the taxpayers comes from the political left, this study is concrete evidence that individually and as a party they embrace a culture of no personal responsiblity.
Senator Migden embodies that world view both in word and deed. It is high time California’s elected leaders understood the value of personal responsiblity that they sadly lack. Otherwise, our legislative majority will continue to lead us toward a culture of victimhood and unenviable weakness.
I must point out that the incident rates for any State owned vehicle will be higher than private party. The fact is that there are a lot of people out there that have fender benders, bang doors, have a little “bump” and do not report it either because they have no insurance, or their deductible is higher than the damage is worth. Also a lot of people simply do not fix their cars ( which explains the high number of vehicles with slight damage to them on the roads)
State vehicles are required to be kept in good order, and any incident large or small is required to be reported. So even if it is as small as a rock chipping the window which most people wait until they absolutely have to replace the windshield, the lawmakers do not have that luxury. They must report it, and must have it fixed, immediately. I am sure that if the same rules applied, there would be a lot of them not reporting the minor incidents, and you would probably see the incident levels reduce closer to the general public.
Also, if you make a comparison to private industry fleets, you will notice a similarity in incidents. For examply DHL the freight delivery company has a high rate of incidents. Not because their drivers are not any good, a lot of them are better drivers because they drive all the time. The reason for the higher incident rate is because they are constantly exposed. If someone drives back and forth to work 30 miles everyday, they have less chance of an incident happening compared to someone who drives 150 miles a day, to varying locations. If they want to compare incident reporting, then they need to do so with similar organizations. Not the general public (unless they are talking about their own private vehicles).
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This is a perfect picture of the mindset the majority of our legislators seem to live in: An insulated bubble where the royal legislators within endlessly manufacture a parade of laws for everyone else to follow, with no accountability of their own.
For the sake of balance here, I will say that mindset exists on both sides of the aisle. However the CA left far outnumbers the right in Sacramento, and therfore holds the greatest responsibility to be the face of good government.
Considering most (if not all) of the auto related damage passed on to the taxpayers comes from the political left, this study is concrete evidence that individually and as a party they embrace a culture of no personal responsiblity.
Senator Migden embodies that world view both in word and deed. It is high time California’s elected leaders understood the value of personal responsiblity that they sadly lack. Otherwise, our legislative majority will continue to lead us toward a culture of victimhood and unenviable weakness.
I must point out that the incident rates for any State owned vehicle will be higher than private party. The fact is that there are a lot of people out there that have fender benders, bang doors, have a little “bump” and do not report it either because they have no insurance, or their deductible is higher than the damage is worth. Also a lot of people simply do not fix their cars ( which explains the high number of vehicles with slight damage to them on the roads)
State vehicles are required to be kept in good order, and any incident large or small is required to be reported. So even if it is as small as a rock chipping the window which most people wait until they absolutely have to replace the windshield, the lawmakers do not have that luxury. They must report it, and must have it fixed, immediately. I am sure that if the same rules applied, there would be a lot of them not reporting the minor incidents, and you would probably see the incident levels reduce closer to the general public.
Also, if you make a comparison to private industry fleets, you will notice a similarity in incidents. For examply DHL the freight delivery company has a high rate of incidents. Not because their drivers are not any good, a lot of them are better drivers because they drive all the time. The reason for the higher incident rate is because they are constantly exposed. If someone drives back and forth to work 30 miles everyday, they have less chance of an incident happening compared to someone who drives 150 miles a day, to varying locations. If they want to compare incident reporting, then they need to do so with similar organizations. Not the general public (unless they are talking about their own private vehicles).