Individual trips aren't much help since the categories are so few and offer little to no advice. My trips consistently rate 5 stars, sometimes 4 stars, rarely less, yet my percentage is in the 70s. Seems to me, one of these things is worse than the other. It is a bit ironic to me that I get penalized for not running a stoplight, but if I were to run through it, my score would not be affected. Situations that are completely out of my control, and I get counted off. Secondly, I have been doing nothing wrong and have been counted off for braking because I chose to stop rather than run the red light, or because I came over a hill and a farmer was stopped in the road. and I’m not even driving! I really get aggravated by that. But what’s worse, if I pick up my phone while we’re driving down the road, I get counted off. But my phone will hook to my husband’s car when I’m a passenger, and then I get his driving score. I drive a car other than my own very rarely. First, I wish that I did not have to be logged into all of the vehicles on my account. However, there are a few things about the app that I don’t like. My husband and I compete for the highest score. I enjoy seeing the feedback on how I am driving. If I charge my phone while I drive (suggested by State Farm), then I can’t listen to music, as it uses the same plug in area on my phone. I know it says the phone usage doesn’t effect the discount, however, it lowers your overall driving score which does effect the discount.Īnother issue I’ve ran into now that I have to have my location services on all the time along with Bluetooth, I’ve noticed that my battery is dying so fast!! I used to get away with not even charging my phone at night sometimes because the battery would still be high enough from the previous nights charge & now I’m having to recharge my phone at least twice a day - it’s really kind of inconvenient. Even to skip songs or have someone else use your phone for you, it marks you down. except it was for a deer, not me following too closely.Īlso, not too thrilled that it marks you down for using navigation apps, as I use my phone for gps sometimes. ![]() One problem I’ve noticed, living in an area where some spots can have a lot of deer, if I brake due to a deer running across the road (which you’d think would be the safe option), I end up getting a lower driving score for hard braking & it tells me to keep a safe distance from the car ahead of me. I enjoy that you’re able to see the specifics as to how they rate your driving & how they show you on the map where certain things happened if you get “dinged” with speeding/hard braking/phone usage, etc.
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