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Article is about health and property insurance, but Tesla has a feedback loop that game-ifies safe driving: use PCA to identify which behaviors actually correla
by electrondood 4y ago
Article is about health and property insurance, but Tesla has a feedback loop that game-ifies safe driving: use PCA to identify which behaviors actually correlate to accident probability > give each driver a real-time safety score > use that safety score to determine their Tesla Insurance rate > driver is financially motivated to driver more safely.
Tesla Insurance saves drivers a ton of money, they rarely have to pay out because drivers become safer, and drivers make the roads safer by acting in their own financial interest.
- googlryas 4y agoI'm afraid to sign up for Tesla insurance because their collision warning system constantly goes off on me when I'm, say, driving slowly past an RV parked on the side of my street on a curve (which I do almost every day), or creeping up on a turning car in a parking lot at 5mph, fully aware and planning on stopping before I smash into it, but not coming to a complete stop because I know they're just about to make a turn. If they add those metrics to their system my insurance rates would probably sky rocket, even though I've never been in an accident or even got a moving violation ticket in 22 years/300,000 miles driving.
- sockaddr 4y agoYup. Mine recently slammed on the brakes and came to a complete halt for literally no reason. (Not using autopilot) Tesla’s answer? Couldn’t replicate. Updated firmware. Resolved. Next! Do not ever trust this company. Trying to get answers or actual resolutions out of them is like trying to catch a greased pig. I’m sure their insurance experience will be just as lovely as their repair service, their quality control, etc.