Churches Save, Restaurants Kill
Why People Who Live Close to Restaurants Are More Likely To Have an Accident and Pay More for Auto Insurance [via]
"If you live within a mile of a church, you’re far less likely to have a car accident than drivers who live more than a mile from a church. But if you live within one mile of a restaurant, you face a significantly greater risk of an accident than most other drivers. Those are among the key findings of a study released today by a leading predictive analytics company—Quality Planning Corporation—a firm that helps insurance companies price insurance more accurately and fairly. Quality Planning Corporation (QPC) examined the relationship between where a vehicle owner lives and the likelihood that he will be involved in an auto accident, and concluded that the riskiest place to live is within one mile of a restaurant. In fact, if the owner of an automobile lives with one mile of an eating establishment, he is 30 percent more likely to crash his car than if he lived more than one mile from the restaurant..."