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Originally Posted by Por_sha911
Not my point. Can they pull the info and see if you were talking to someone when an accident occurred and then somehow blame you for it? Some auto insurance companies say 'plug in this box and we'll give you a discount'. I don't think so. I don't want a geo tracker knowing where I go, how fast I accelerate or brake... Its not about having anything to hide. I feel that data harvesting can be used by the wrong people for bad reasons. Now let me put my tin foil hat back on.
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For at least the last 20 years insurers, police and lawyers have had access to this data after every accident. Any time there’s an accident where liability is an issue the parties will get a printout telling exactly how fast the vehicles were going, was anyone on their phone, when the brakes were applied, and the condition of the vehicle at the time of the accident. All of this is available through the vehicle itself. It does not require any plug in device from the insurer. The plug in devices provide the insurers with real-time data on total driving conduct. The same data can be downloaded after an accident from the vehicle directly.