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Romeo Chicco’s auto insurance rate doubled because of information about his speeding, braking and acceleration, according to his complaint.

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[–] [email protected] 142 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm rootin for ya, Florida Man

[–] [email protected] 48 points 7 months ago (2 children)

For once it's not a crazy headline. It feels like the Florida men are always doing weird stuff

[–] [email protected] 39 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Because they have open records for police activity. The same crazy stuff probably happens in your area, it's just not required to be public information.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's pretty impressive that lack of privacy in a single state can create an entire stereotype about it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Just goes to show how releasing information selectively (in this case, just 1 state) can influence public sentiment and stereotypes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Imagine how much worse America would look if every state had that same law.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

No no no, that's just "Florida Man", that's the one dude you keep hearing about. Florida Georg is a statistical outlier and should not be counted.