Data on crashes may stall senior discount

The Boston Globe reports:

For almost 30 years, elderly drivers in Massachusetts have enjoyed a benefit no one else has: a 25 percent discount on auto insurance premiums, worth about $250 on this year's bills.


But now the state's insurers are questioning whether the discount still makes sense at a time when national data indicate that older drivers, particularly those 75 and above, are filing claims and dying in crashes at a pace that rivals that of teenagers. Insurers in some states no longer give discounts to drivers 75 and above, and some charge older drivers more than younger adults.

Who ever say there was a thing called "equal protection under the law"? When you are a powerful voting block you get a better deal.Aren't other drivers of a different age worthy of a discount?