Re:Insurers Know How Often American Drivers Touch Their Phones
by stcredzero on Monday April 29, 2019 @08:07PM
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Does the state of California believe that people have "a reasonable expectation of privacy" inside their cars while driving on the road?
Re:Insurers Know How Often American Drivers Touch Their Phones
by jfk13 on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @03:22AM
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In terms of driving behavior? I should hope not.
If I'm driving down the road with a phone held to my ear, a giant soda in the other hand, and steering with my knees, and I happen to pass a police officer, I hope they'd be allowed to stop me. I shouldn't be able to hide behind "I was in my private car, you had no right to look in on me and observe my behavior there."
Re:Insurers Know How Often American Drivers Touch Their Phones
by stcredzero on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @01:28PM
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If I'm driving down the road with a phone held to my ear, a giant soda in the other hand, and steering with my knees, and I happen to pass a police officer, I hope they'd be allowed to stop me
Some expectation of privacy probably applies to conversations inside the car. Also, there might be a different way to think about the entire record of behavior of where one drives. Neither of those would interfere with policing of the behavior you cite.
More expensive insurance is getting off easy. After getting caught two or three times people should lose their license over it, IMO. It's as dangerous as drunk driving.
That said, it is concerning how they're collecting this information.