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A Hoverbike? A Hoverbike. Really.

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    Ever since man began walking the earth… he has concluded that this pedestrian form of transport is simply insufficient for his desires; which is why he has always yearned to fly. Over the years, he has used his ingenuity and inventiveness to design flying machines. It began with balloons and progressed to crude airplanes. Eventually, jet airliners and personal aircraft became commonplace, as were other types of assisted flight, like hang gliding and parasailing.

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    The Cheapest (and Most Expensive) Cities for Michigan Auto Insurance

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      There are so many different things that make Michigan unique. Like the fact that it’s split into two parts. Or its vast expanse of forests, lakes, and rivers. Or that it’s the birthplace of Motown, the U.S. auto industry, and the Peace Corps. But if you have to get from the LP to the UP and back again, or drive anywhere along Michigan’s roads and highways, then you have to have auto insurance.

      Is Michigan Auto Insurance Expensive or Inexpensive?

      Everyone in Michigan is required to maintain basic no-fault auto insurance, which pays for injuries you sustain in an accident regardless of who is at fault. This insurance is made up of personal injury protection, property protection, and residual bodily injury/property damage liability insurance. This latter policy must have minimum limits of $20,000 bodily injury per person, $40,000 bodily injury per accident, and $10,000 property damage.

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      No Way! A Car That Cleans Itself?

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        There’s an undeniable truth in the U.S.: a large number of Americans simply don’t like to clean.

        As a result, countless innovations have been made in this nation that serve to mitigate or eliminate this pesky chore. It began with automatic clothes washers and dishwashers and then progressed to self-cleaning ovens and windows. There are even self-cleaning public bathrooms in some places.

        Car that cleans itself
        So perhaps this represents the next logical step in our “cleaningless” evolution: the self-cleaning car.

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        Anatomy of an Auto Insurance Fraud Scheme

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          You hear about the scourge of “insurance fraud” from reading the newspapers and websites like this one. The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud estimates that a mind-boggling $80 billion in fraudulent insurance claims are filed in the U.S. each year. Much of these costs are passed on to consumers in the form of higher insurance premiums. For instance, the National Insurance Crime Bureau says that about $200 to $300 of your auto insurance premiums are a direct result of fraud and its related costs.

          But even though you’re aware of auto insurance fraud, you may not have a clear picture of what the term means. Chances are, you  may not have much of an idea about how this type of fraud is executed and how insurance companies lose money as a result. With that in mind, here is a close-up look at the anatomy of one auto insurance scam that was recently discovered in New Jersey.

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