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Just wait until insurance companies demand access to your cars telemetry for either a "discount" or even to insure you at all. I'm seriously thinking of stock
by EricE 3y ago
Just wait until insurance companies demand access to your cars telemetry for either a "discount" or even to insure you at all.
I'm seriously thinking of stockpiling a few extra used "dumb" cars. This is beyond nuts.
- bick_nyers 3y agoI would love it if it was economical/possible for repair shops to do "dumb swaps" where they cut out all the "smart" bullshit and give you physical buttons and knobs on your dash.
- ReactiveJelly 3y agoIn my moments of programmer hubris I often think, "It can't be _that_ hard to make an open-source controller for a Hybrid Synergy Drive. It's only two motors and a small engine. Come on!"
- bick_nyers 3y agoHeh. My programmer hubris tells me: difficulty is just a function of time and coffee.
- Scoring6931 3y agoAlready a thing in the UK, where the cheapest insurance options require the installation of a telemetry black box in the car.
- sedro 3y agoIt's the same in parts of the US. In California, insurers are only allowed to collect the mileage.
- callalex 3y ago>In California, insurers are only allowed to collect the mileage. Hmm, I am in California and have stalker auto insurance. The app they provide me shows a complete GPS map of every trip I take. So they definitely collect that information, but maybe you’re saying they can’t price discriminate based on it? Where did you learn about that rule?
- sedro 3y agoCalifornia Code Regulations, title 10, Section 2632.5 - Rating Factors It carves out an exception for "using a technological device to collect information about the location of the insured vehicle as part of an emergency road service, theft service, map service or travel service."