Distance-based pricing can help achieve equity objectives. Since annual vehicle mileage tends to increase with income, fixed-price insurance causes lower-income motorists to subsidize the insurance costs of higher-income motorists within their rate class. Distance-based insurance pricing provides overall savings to lower-income motorists, and would allow some low-income households to own a vehicle for basic mobility that they cannot currently afford. Distance-based pricing lets motorists save money by reducing mileage, an option that is currently unavailable. To illustrate this, consider the situation of somebody who becomes unemployed and so reduces driving by half. With current pricing, they continue paying the same insurance premiums as when they were employed and commuting,.
