Tourmeister
06-23-2003, 05:00 PM
Howdy,
:tab I just got off the phone with several of the regional MSF centers. I was told that the cost of the basic course will be going up from the current $155 to $180 in the not too distant future. Beth and I paid $100 about 4-1/2 years ago.
:tab I am a little concerned about this. It is not that I don't think the course is worth the money. But that is because I have already taken the course. For someone considering the course, I think the price is reaching the point where many people are going to walk away. $180 is starting to get into the funds for protective gear!
:tab I have to admit that if the cost had been this high when we took the class, there is a good chance that we would not have taken it at all. I'm curious as to why the cost is going up? Is is really just a cost of operations or is that someone is starting to see this as a real money making scheme? Remember how cheap Defenisve Driving used to be? Twenty bucks for the class and a ten to fifteen dollar administrative court fee. But then somewhere along the line someone, including the courts, realized there is serious cash to be made here because people really want to keep the tickets off their record. Now the cost of the DDC and court fees can often be as high or higher than the cost of just paying the ticket. I wonder if the same kind of the thing is happening to the MSF course now?
:tab I also wonder why the big insurance companies are not more involved with pushing the MSF courses and other riding schools? It would seem to me that they would benefit from getting more riders better trained to reduce the number of accidents. Or maybe they figure that even with training the risk is still just too high so they offer policies with huge premiums to discourage all but the most determined riders from getting insurance.
:tab Hmm...?
:tab I just got off the phone with several of the regional MSF centers. I was told that the cost of the basic course will be going up from the current $155 to $180 in the not too distant future. Beth and I paid $100 about 4-1/2 years ago.
:tab I am a little concerned about this. It is not that I don't think the course is worth the money. But that is because I have already taken the course. For someone considering the course, I think the price is reaching the point where many people are going to walk away. $180 is starting to get into the funds for protective gear!
:tab I have to admit that if the cost had been this high when we took the class, there is a good chance that we would not have taken it at all. I'm curious as to why the cost is going up? Is is really just a cost of operations or is that someone is starting to see this as a real money making scheme? Remember how cheap Defenisve Driving used to be? Twenty bucks for the class and a ten to fifteen dollar administrative court fee. But then somewhere along the line someone, including the courts, realized there is serious cash to be made here because people really want to keep the tickets off their record. Now the cost of the DDC and court fees can often be as high or higher than the cost of just paying the ticket. I wonder if the same kind of the thing is happening to the MSF course now?
:tab I also wonder why the big insurance companies are not more involved with pushing the MSF courses and other riding schools? It would seem to me that they would benefit from getting more riders better trained to reduce the number of accidents. Or maybe they figure that even with training the risk is still just too high so they offer policies with huge premiums to discourage all but the most determined riders from getting insurance.
:tab Hmm...?