Progressive Snapshot

[Nor Cal ZL1]

If I tried this ole Flo would probably put the hammer down.....on my cancellation notice.

[SPARTAN sui]

Since I'm with Progressive already I just applied. Looking forward to any possible discount!

[Norm Peterson]

Originally Posted by Slapshot

Hard brakes (decelerating 7mph or more per second)

Aside from the unintended consequence of encouraging people to beat the yellow light mentioned earlier . . . I really do wonder if discouraging people from ever becoming comfortable with hard braking (and staying that way via occasional practice when traffic conditions permit) is a good thing at all.


Norm

[Slapshot]

Originally Posted by Norm Peterson

Aside from the unintended consequence of encouraging people to beat the yellow light mentioned earlier . . . I really do wonder if discouraging people from ever becoming comfortable with hard braking (and staying that way via occasional practice when traffic conditions permit) is a good thing at all.


Norm

I couldn't agree more. While I can appreciate the fact that multiple "hard brakes" a day would indicate someone possibly tailgating, the ability to control a hard braking/defensive driving situation should be a goal of anyone on the road. There are so many variables on the road that simply cannot be taken into account. Nothing worse than the typical panic reaction of braking hard without taking into account an evasive maneuver as well.

For the sake of a discount, I'll play along.

[Burn Notice24]

Originally Posted by 130R

I can see it now, someone suing their insurance company after they rear-end someone because they were afraid to brake too hard and screw up their discount…

BTW, how many miles/second is 1.2 g's of braking? LOL! No way would I earn a discount running one of those things…

A lot of us would have our rates go up after using one...

[OperativeXIV]

Thanks for the great post! I was afraid to sign up because my driving can be a possibly considered a *little* aggressive (like 5 MPH over the limit to keep up with traffic), but I might as well try it. I switched to Progressive just at the beginning of this month and saved quite a bit - who knows, maybe it might save me a bit more.

[Norm Peterson]

Originally Posted by 130R

BTW, how many miles/second is 1.2 g's of braking? LOL! No way would I earn a discount running one of those things…

About 26.35 mph/second, or over 3.7 times what this snapshot thingie will ping you for doing. Even 0.7g is more than double.

FWIW, I'd heard of these things at least a year ago, but I don't remember whose.


Norm

[JCunningham]

i just checked mine. Drive wise. it lists what your truck was doing and at 8pm on the 19 it recorded 2 extreme braking events. funny I was at work from 2:45pm to 11pm.

[Slapshot]

Originally Posted by JCunningham

i just checked mine. Drive wise. it lists what your truck was doing and at 8pm on the 19 it recorded 2 extreme braking events. funny I was at work from 2:45pm to 11pm.

I'd call them. I have scrutinized my reports quite a bit, haven't seen anything that shouldn't be there.

[JCunningham]

they show a more detailed description of each event if you click on it. on the detailed description it showed after 11pm when I was driving it. they have a chart with times but it doesnt match when you click on the event.
here is a list of what drivewise collects
http://www.allstate.com/landingpages...isedevice.aspx

[Blu Ray]

I'm with progressive I actually had them ship me the devise after reading the fine print.... I decided to ship it back...this works well for some but living in NY/NJ metro area and having to keep it plugged in for 6 months....not for me

I drive it like I stole it

[LStick]

Working 3-11pm, and getting a lot of overtime, I don't think this would be a smart move on my part.

[Blue17CamaroZL1]

I had the snapshot for my trailblazer last year. My current discount as a result of it is 27% discount on my policy the trailblazer.

The hard brakes are very sensitive to their monitoring. Be aware that it takes into account every drop of 7 mph per second as 1 hard brake. So in the case where someone cuts you off or say a deer comes running out into the highway, you can be hit with more than one hard brake per hit of the brake pedal.

See here I got hit with 6 hard brakes on the day, but when you check the times, 3 hard brakes in 3 seconds:

[JCunningham]

i get 5% out of 20% in my truck just because I work 3-11. dont bother with a M6 Camaro. take your foot off the gas in gear and touch the brake and its hard braking.