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Pharmacies and my supplemental health insurance. I hate it when insurance companies change the date in which my pharmacy can fill/refill my prescriptions. I went to the doctor about 2 weeks ago for my monthly wellness checkup and have him order refills on Eliquis (for blood clots) and other medications. I usually pick up my medications after the 20th of every month. Every pharmacy I went to near where I live got told by my insurance that they cannot refill my medications until August 8th. Let's just say that by the time August 8th comes around, I will be almost out of Eliquis. Also, I've been dealing with a fungus rash that required him to prescribe an ointment stronger than Lotrimin, so I had to pick up OTC Lotrimin, which is helping a lot, until I can pick my prescription up.
 
Aragorn said:
When a giant vehicle parks right next to you in the lot and you have to take forever to back out at a snail's pace because you can't see if anyone is incoming.
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What helped for me was back-up cameras. I had one vehicle I regularly drive that didn't originally have a back-up camera. When I updated the stereo to a multimedia player with a screen, I added a cheap back-up camera from Amazon, that I located right above the rear license plate.
 
I think drivers are becoming too dependent on backup cameras or any sort of cameras in general.
I think they lose 'situational awareness' by focusing too much on what's on the screen and not what's around them.
I've been driving thirty plus years and I can parallel park and back in and out of parking stalls using my rear view mirror and driver/passenger mirror with no problem.
 
DarrenTR1970 said:
I think drivers are becoming too dependent on backup cameras or any sort of cameras in general.
I think they lose 'situational awareness' by focusing too much on what's on the screen and not what's around them.
I've been driving thirty plus years and I can parallel park and back in and out of parking stalls using my rear view mirror and driver/passenger mirror with no problem.
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Agreed.

My truck has a backup camera, but I never use it. I've driven over 30 years without one, and never needed it.
 
DarrenTR1970 said:
I think drivers are becoming too dependent on backup cameras or any sort of cameras in general.
I think they lose 'situational awareness' by focusing too much on what's on the screen and not what's around them.
I've been driving thirty plus years and I can parallel park and back in and out of parking stalls using my rear view mirror and driver/passenger mirror with no problem.
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You must not own a car, or been in a situation with bad visibility from the sides. The rear passenger compartment of the Ford Mustang has side windows that are tiny and located behind large door pillars that house the shoulder harness. I also have a 1 ton high profile crew cab pickup with an 8-foot bed. The camera allows me to see objects behind, and below the tail gate, that you can't see because of blind spots. If I'm parked between two vehicles in a parking lot, where you can't see side to side, the backup camera allows me to see what is behind me from the perspective of the back bumper, rather than waiting until my vehicle is over halfway out of a parking spot, when the front passenger windows have cleared what is blocking my side to side view. I've only been driving for over 50 years, and cars from the before the 1970s didn't have those large pillars between the front and rear side glass for shoulder harness retraction mechanisms. My 2016 vehicles also have warning lights in the side mirrors to prevent entering into an occupied lane with a car beside me in a blind spot, and have warning tones when I'm in reverse and getting close to other objects. The backup camera in my pickup allows me to easily back up and hook up to a trailer, without the need for a spotter to guide me in.

I have cameras for my vehicles that record my trip from front and back, in one minute intervals. I was sideswiped by someone who decided to drive on the wrong side of the road, and then turn right into the back of my car. The video got her insurance to settle with my insurance company, and her insurance paid my insurance company and I got a check that covered my $2,000 deductible.
 
Car insurance.
Just spent my morning off switching to another provider.OMFG!
Whoever decided that fucking everything needs to be AI or online menu-driven needs to be publicly eviscerated.
No over the phone quotes,no humans involved at all…FUCK!!
Then the bloody cheek to say that “all for your convenience and we’re all about our customers”…horseshit!

Angry old man needs to take a breath…
 
The demise of 'service' in general insurance, including car insurance, started in the UK and no doubt elsewhere with the 'direct' insurers being able to shave a few pounds off over high street brokers, then of course aggregators followed later on. There are now very few high street brokers now you can go into for advice (most insurers won't even offer advice now) as they were largely unable to compete on a price basis.

There is no doubt service levels were better when you could deal with someone fact to face.
 
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