New York's Governor, Elliot Spitzer, was blasted from both party lines in the state legislature for his proposal to fill state coffers with a $15 surcharge on car insurance policies. Even though Spitzer's proposal would add an estimated $140 million to state revenue, Democrats and Republicans alike felt the fee was unnecessary and unduly burdened middle-class drivers.

Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, a Democrat said in response, "It's just another fee attacking the middle class."

Both Spitzer and the State Transportation Commissioner argue that the fee is necessary to repair the state's ailing bridges. Since the bridge collapse on I-35W in Minneapolis last year, states have been especially vigilant about repairing their roads and infrastructure. Currently, about 30% of the New York's 7,604 bridges are rated as "deficient."

The statistics from Insure.com are out, and the results are in. The three least expensive cars to insure in the U.S. are the Chrysler Town & Country, the Ford Escape, and the GMC Sierra Pickup.

The top three cars with the lowest insurance rates are largely so because their
history of collisions has shown that they do much better than average
on bodily injury and incur less comprehensive, collision, and liability
damage. The cars' design of their chassis and extra protective measures could also contribute to their low insurance premiums, which we've listed here: