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'''Vehicle insurance''' (also known as '''car insurance''', '''motor insurance''', or '''auto insurance''' or '''mechanic insurance''') is [[insurance]] for [[automobile|cars]], [[truck]]s, [[motorcycle]]s, and other road vehicles. Its primary use is to provide financial protection against physical damage or bodily injury resulting from [[traffic collision]]s and against [[legal liability|liability]] that could also arise from incidents in a vehicle. Vehicle insurance may additionally offer financial protection against [[Motor vehicle theft|theft]] of the vehicle, and against damage to the vehicle sustained from events other than traffic collisions, such as [[keying (vandalism)|keying]], weather or [[natural disaster]]s, and damage sustained by colliding with stationary objects. The specific terms of vehicle insurance vary with legal [[regulation]]s in each region.

 

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