Saving Lives and Money with New Device

It seems that the auto insurance companies are now in the business of monitoring their customer’s driving habits, or at least they are able to in Alabama. There is a new device on the market, and fast drivers had better watch out.

The device is being rolled out by Progressive Insurance and is called the My-Rate device. It is attached to cars under their dashboard, and monitors how fast you drive your car. The device can instantly transmit data regarding your driving habits to the car insurance company.

The new technology is called telematics, and Progressive is not the only one looking into using it. There are several auto insurance companies developing similar devices of their own, and they say that they will have theirs available shortly.

Progressive has been using their device since the end of June, and for now all it tells them is how fast you drive your car. Eventually, the car insurance company says that the device will also be able to tell them where you are and how you are driving. It won’t work on anyone’s vehicle but your own, and will only work on specific cars.



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