While the premise behind this application- safer driving habits, should be applauded; the app is so full of problems it almost does the opposite. If your cellphone is put in the center console or armrest to be away and gets bounced around due to a bumpy road it will ding you with a distraction “penalty”. If you drive in an urban environment where other drivers may cut lanes or stop short in front of you or turn with no signal and you have to brake to avoid them, you get dinged for hard braking. If you are on a section of highway where the speed drops from 65 to 55 and then goes back to 65 and you follow the limit but are then risking getting rear ended by a tractor trailer or other drivers who refuse to slow down you get dinged. If you move to the right lane to avoid this, and then brake for traffic entering without slowing down or merging properly, you get dinged for braking. Then comes the real fun. Take an extended vacation or heaven forbid have a medical issue where you can’t drive for 30 days and it un-registers you and wipes out any earned discounts. TruLane’s response is basically too bad, you accepted our terms and conditions.
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