Progressive Snapshot

mishuko

You might want to be careful with your political views in the public sections. It's against the rules to get all politcal and also setting yourself up for a long heated argument which could lead to bans...

such as this...




but to the topic... so it's like these insurance monitors are not designed for sports cars. They want everyone to ride their brakes and run yellows not to trigger 'hard braking'

silly. so so so soooooooo silly. Not that sports cars (and most luxury car's for that matter) can stop under 110ft.

Or if you live downtown and have to constantly smash breaks cause of jay-walkers, random cyclists, pot holes, a-holes, cabbies and a whole bunch of other issues.

Kaldaien

Yeah, I do not expect to receive any sort of discount with this device. It was free, and I got it as a joke - I am not one of those paranoid privacy nuts, so the humor of it all is not lost on me.

I have been driving 20 years and never had a single incident. I know I am a safe driver and I do not care what an insurance company thinks based on a silly generalization that a change in speed of 7 mph/s means you are slamming on your brakes.

The only time I drive my car aggressively is late at night when there's no traffic on the road, but they have this stupid idea that late night is the most dangerous time of day to drive. That's absolutely absurd, it's by far the safest if you are a seasoned driver.

kenchan

not really... deer, drunk drivers, other dui's. its only safe at night while its safe. doesnt matter if you think youre seasoned or not. accidents are called accidents for a reason.

Kaldaien

Drunk drivers are extremely easy to spot if you're paying attention. Much easier than spotting people texting during the daytime. And Deer might as well be extinct in Florida

Down here in southern Florida, it's actually old people that are the most dangerous thing on the road. They're only out while the sun's up, because they eat dinner and go to bed at 4 PM.

kenchan

we'll see how you do in your Z. lol

accidents happen when you least expect it... seasoned driver or not.

Kaldaien

I had a G37 before this. When I got the Z, I changed to Progressive because my old insurance company was none too happy with the fact that the NHTSA has never crash tested a single z34 in its ~7 years on the road.

cooltoy

But plenty of Z owners have.

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dotcomee

Skunks too - seeing a skunk in the middle of the road will definitely test your braking distance.

mishuko

possibly but he is fairly new... don't want a war to errupt! okay nevermind i like watching the world burn

or if you're in a single lane highway and see an oncoming car... that decides to swerve into oncoming traffic?

i consider myself a 'good' driver but i still remain super humble in my less than stellar driving abilities (especially when it comes to manual)

or porccupines.... yea... i've seen a few too many

Kaldaien

Absolutely, that's an unavoidable situation. Even if a car doesn't enter your lane, I've seen them run over something in the road and send it flying into the other lane. But my point is that really late at night, when Progressive assumes you're going to have an accident, there are so few cars on the road it's just not that likely. Just drive more cautiously when you actually encounter that single car along your 30 mile trip.

As a general rule, around here drunk drivers late at night are easier to predict than elderly drivers during the day. So to be honest, it's not so much when you drive, but where you drive - Progressive completely leaves this out of its primitive equation.

Magic Bus

On Oahu, the first thing an auto repair place will ask you is "please don't tell me you have Progressive?"

kenchan

i completely agree... they can destroy your ride for months even with no visual damage haha

cooltoy

He could have been sarcastic.

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