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Is Your Driving Being Secretly Scored? The insurance industry, hungry for insights into how people drive, has turned to automakers and smartphone apps like Life360. (www.nytimes.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (7 children)

Nah, mine is pretty upfront about it. You can even opt in to get a device that plugs into your car to give them even more data to lower your premium if you're actually a good driver. That shit started when I was still in high school, too. Nobody else remember Flo from Progressive hawking these things?

[–] Aolley 6 points 6 months ago (5 children)

and do you have one of those? Because form what I hear they beep when you're being a good drive too and you end up being a worse (than good) driver trying not to get the beeps

[–] saruwatarikooji 1 points 6 months ago

I had one years ago... It never made a sound. It just recorded how I drove and I started getting safe driver discounts on my insurance.

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