04-22-2016, 05:27 PM
"but coverage wise, it sounds like a red plate is nothing more than a higher registration fee to legally transport paying people."
Drivers with Red Plates most DEFINITELY DO have additional insurance that covers their passengers - they have to carry it so they pay for that and the additional fees and licenses needed to have that red plate. For that reason alone I don't get into "cabs" that are not "cabs" meaning a vehicle with a plate of any other color.
I have a friend who was injured in a red plate taxi accident (the other driver's fault). It took her MONTHS to settle out the claim but it did settle.
Nothing is easy in Jamaica, why should an insurance claim be? Its hard enough to collect on insurance in the states I would imagine its much harder in Jamaica.
Drivers with Red Plates most DEFINITELY DO have additional insurance that covers their passengers - they have to carry it so they pay for that and the additional fees and licenses needed to have that red plate. For that reason alone I don't get into "cabs" that are not "cabs" meaning a vehicle with a plate of any other color.
I have a friend who was injured in a red plate taxi accident (the other driver's fault). It took her MONTHS to settle out the claim but it did settle.
Nothing is easy in Jamaica, why should an insurance claim be? Its hard enough to collect on insurance in the states I would imagine its much harder in Jamaica.
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