Re:The end of the manual transmission is near?
by JasserInicide on Thursday August 25, 2022 @09:41AM
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It's already started. My insurance State Farm has already advertised you can get a lower rate if you drive around with their dreadful phone application. Won't be long until it's mandated you drive with one or else you're stuck with an "unsafe driver" charge on your insurance.
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Re:The end of the manual transmission is near?
by yencabulator on Thursday August 25, 2022 @11:27AM
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> Won't be long until it's mandated you drive with one or else you're stuck with an "unsafe driver" charge on your insurance.
That's already happening, too. "Root" is a car insurance company that only serves "good drivers". Guess how they evaluate your "goodness"?
Re:The end of the manual transmission is near?
by bkberry352 on Thursday August 25, 2022 @12:30PM
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That's already happening in the sense that companies are able to offer these discounts for their telematics-using customers by surcharging all their other customers. If you're not using one of these devices, you're already paying for it, even if it's not formally recorded as a fee.