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user104658 29-09-2021 10:18 AM

Discrimination against professional sportspeople!
 
So we've just been setting up some temporary car insurance to borrow a car, and before you go to the checkout, it of course pops up some terms you have to agree to... ... ... can anyone explain this one? :joker:

Not that me or my wife are professional sportspeople - it's just that all the other terms obviously make sense, but I can't figure out WHY the poor sportspeople are being slandered like this. Seems random and harsh. Like "Obviously a pro sportsperson will crash" :laugh:. People in the entertainment industry getting some flak too.

https://i.imgur.com/UuZvmXn.png

Niamh. 29-09-2021 10:20 AM

Is it to do with carrying equipment around? I don't know :laugh2:

bots 29-09-2021 10:26 AM

i could understand it if it were motorsports, and that used to be an excluded category. There may also be some sub category of entertainment thats dodgy, but not the full category :laugh:

Livia 29-09-2021 10:33 AM

All the sporty types at my school were as thick as a brick. Maybe they can't be trusted to remember three things, like... mirror, signal, manoeuvre?

thesheriff443 29-09-2021 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Livia (Post 11099430)
All the sporty types at my school were as thick as a brick. Maybe they can't be trusted to remember three things, like... mirror, signal, manoeuvre?

The only signal that matters is the middle finger

Cherie 29-09-2021 10:55 AM

Hold up so what happens if you are employed as a parcel delivery person? you need to pay more :idc:

_Seth 29-09-2021 10:59 AM

I used to work in car insurance so the legit answer is because if a professional sports person is injured in a car accident and can't play the sport, that could result in a huge loss of earnings that may have to be paid out. If a high end footballer's leg is broken in a car accident then that's a huge risk an insurer doesn't want to take on.

Also there is a risk of vandalism by the opposing team's fans.

Niamh. 29-09-2021 11:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by _Seth (Post 11099447)
I used to work in car insurance so the legit answer is because if a professional sports person is injured in a car accident and can't play the sport, that could result in a huge loss of earnings that may have to be paid out. If a high end footballer's leg is broken in a car accident then that's a huge risk an insurer doesn't want to take on.

Also there is a risk of vandalism by the opposing team's fans.

Ahhh that makes a lot of sense

user104658 29-09-2021 11:15 AM

That does make sense, TiBB is a source of such a variety of knowledge :flutter:

smudgie 29-09-2021 11:19 AM

More concerned that you must not be unemployed:fist:

Livia 29-09-2021 11:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by _Seth (Post 11099447)
I used to work in car insurance so the legit answer is because if a professional sports person is injured in a car accident and can't play the sport, that could result in a huge loss of earnings that may have to be paid out. If a high end footballer's leg is broken in a car accident then that's a huge risk an insurer doesn't want to take on.

Also there is a risk of vandalism by the opposing team's fans.

Yeah that makes perfect sense. Every day's a school day.


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