Posted on 08/19/2011 10:49:14 PM PDT by Libloather
Save on car insurance with tracking devices
Rachel Leigh, Content Manager
Posted: Aug 09, 2011 1:21 PM EDT
(WFLX) - It looks like State Farm is going the extra mile to be a "good neighboor". The insurance company now wants to keep its eye on you while you drive.
Starting in September, the company will offer a new plan that gives discounts to drivers who let them mount tracking devices in their car. The device would monitor your speed, acceleration, braking and other driving habits.
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Will any of that really matter after you're forced to buy a tiny clown car?
I dropped State Farm, these guys have been jacking their rates so they could make the discount seem better than it is....I changed to GMAC Auto Insurance and saved 800 dollars a year on all my vehicles which was 25% more than their silly discount.
State Farm, Dropping like a rock...
So THAT’S what they mean when they say “State Farm is there.”
Is there a way for people to start making a community ‘pot’—our own insurnace? And tell these Orwell types to kiss our red, white and blue arses?
Man, would I ever be SOL. WOW
Me too! And I only have 2 moving violations in 42 years of driving...
Is there a way for people to start making a community ‘pot’—our own insurnace? And tell these Orwell types to kiss our red, white and blue arses?
Probably against the law...
Oh Boy. An Insurance companies bright idea usually ends up soon being made law. I can not think of any other business interest with more lobbying power and clout as far as getting {protect our profit margin} laws passed than Big Insurance. I would not buy water from State Farm in a desert. Had bad dealings with them before.
If you have EZ-tag ,or similar device for tolls, your being
tracked. Onstar,your being tracked. If you have an inspection
or registration tag with a bar-code on your front windshield
you may be tracked. But that aint nothing. Wait till they
start taxing by the mile. Electric cars and highly
efficient cars “don’t pay their fare share” so tax by the
mile “makes it fair”.
Looks like for ever more, whenever I get a car, I shall not purchase their insurance. For anything.
“An Insurance companies bright idea usually ends up soon being made law”
Seat belt laws prove your point.
“Flo” touts the same sort of discount in the Progressive ads. I suppose they will all be doing it. Of course, a discount for accepting it is the same thing as a penalty for not accepting it. This is the sort of thing which makes me think dark thoughts.
When the government requires the devices for tax purposes, the rulers are in charge.
About 75% of the laws written since the mid 1960's also prove it. The insane child restraint seats is another. One size seat does not fit all cars and in some cases places the child in bigger danger. Uninsured Motorist is another in some states. As for homeowners insurance? Most Zoning laws are loss prevention. They also have made each doctors office go from what was once a three or four employees to no less than 8 to bill the insurer and play their coding games etc. Insurers own our government. They are also the ones driving Obama care. Think about it. Mandatory customers and they get too ration out the health care.
On paper, I'm sure somebody convinced somebody that they will be able to lower rates to lower risk drivers and make the higher risk drivers pay up.
It would seem to me that the main factor would be time spent on the road, and one would hope that this monitoring device would record that. In theory, I should make out big, but I get enough anxiety worrying how many cops are lurking around the bend without this added attraction, thank you.
I’ve read where most (all?) cars have “black boxes” that record various things all the time. They aren’t necessarily tracked - but can be looked at in a shop - say after an accident to lay blame. (Speeding, no braking, etc.). Not sure if that is accurate or not - but it could be with all of the diagonistic chips they have on everything perhaps.
One thing for certain, this isn't for the benefit of the driver. I expect to see such devices to be mandatory.
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