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Tech News
A real-world protest has emerged this week targeting Liberty Biberty, the car insurance mascot, intensifying an existing online hate campaign against the character. The event has prompted commentary questioning whether the backlash reflects genuine dislike of the mascot or a deeper craving for shared community experiences.
California still requires drivers to carry only $15,000 per person and $30,000 per crash in liability insurance, a threshold set in 1967 and never updated for inflation. By contrast, actuarial estimates now put the cost of a fatal traffic death at roughly $1.6 million, meaning the mandated coverage covers a small fraction of the real financial harm a driver can cause. Massachusetts, which pioneered mandatory insurance in 1927 with a $5,000 minimum (about $96,000 today), only recently raised its own outdated cap to $25,000.