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Toyota Owner Didn’t Know His Car Was Talking To Insurers Until He Saw His Rates (www.carscoops.com)
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Toyota, Progressive Insurance, and a data analytics firm are now being accused of collecting detailed personal driving information without proper consent

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[–] 2 points 9 months ago (3 children)

recorded “hard braking” event

This has always confused me. We're incentivizing hoping the vehicle slows down enough when someone cuts you off...?

I can understand recording extreme acceleration, but deceleration to not hit something being "bad" is strange

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    I think it's about frequency. If you break hard because other drivers are shit, you'll do so at a rate comparable to others. If you break hard more frequently, then you are probably the problem.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    It at least wasn't when they first implemented it (when you plugged it into your OBD2 port for a "discount" on insurance). Any time you braked over some threshold, it would beep at you

    Riding with a friend who had one, he'd always get way too close to other cars when slowing down because he didn't want to brake too hard

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