Guess who’s testing out the Snapshot Test Drive Program from Progressive?
ME!
So what exactly is the Snapshot Test Drive Program?
As a new way to estimate savings on auto insurance with Progressive, you can simply snap in the Snapshot into your diagnostics center on your car. I found mine under my steering wheel and after a little jiggling, I was able to get it securely in place. Once I started my car, it started beeping, so I knew that it was working!
It monitors what time of day you drive, how often you accelerate quickly, and how often you hit your brakes – hard.
Spoiler alert: I hit my brakes hard ALL THE TIME. Because I live in Miami, where defensive driving is 99.8% of driving.
I just received my 7 day report today, and unfortunately, I found that I wasn’t eligible for any savings due to a few factors…but mostly because of my frequent hard breaks.
While I was disappointed by this, let’s get real – if I hadn’t done those hard breaks, I’d have wrecked by car about 3 times this week. Why? Because people drive like maniacs in Miami. I didn’t even go anywhere special this week! I went grocery shopping a few times, picked my husband up from the airport this weekend, did back to school shopping and took Angeline to the movies.
Want to see why I break hard?
Because this is what we encountered when driving to the movies last weekend…
Angeline and I were stuck in traffic for almost an entire hour waiting for the police to move a burnt up truck out of the center of the expressway. It was so sad!
Anyway, I might not be eligible for any savings due to this week’s crazy driving, but I am not done yet! The program lasts 30 days, so I might do better in the upcoming weeks!
I am getting my car back from my daughter and have a note to try this!
Can’t wait to see how much you save!
I just saw a commercial about this!
I do not think I would get the extra savings either. In Vegas I seem to be breaking hard a lot too.
I remember one long trip, when we were stuck in traffic, it ended up being a burnt up car. You could still see the smoke coming from it as we drove by.
This is pretty cool, but I’m a little apprehensive about all the data they collect
I’m a late braker so I’ll bet I hit them pretty hard too. They’d probably hate me, but I have to admit that it would be interesting to see details on my driving.
i’m halfway through and i haven’t found out my savings but the % looks good. maybe i’m not getting the right updates! LOL
i think i’m more a rapid accelerator.
I have seen this commercial and wondered how it worked. I will never forget my first accident. I was hit by an old lady and if I didn’t have my foot on the break she would have pushed me right out into traffic.
That is such a cool idea! I hope you end up saving a bundle. Now, a driving story I have? Hmm, I’ve never been in an accident but I can remember once driving overnight with my friend to the beach. It was a spontaneous trip and we left at around 11 at night. I drank a lot of coffee on that trip and I couldn’t find a gas station open at night {seriously, not one!} so I remember going faster than I should to the next town where thankfully I found a gas station. Okay, that’s probably too much information and a dumb story about driving but I haven’t had my morning coffee yet. 🙂
Good luck on your next 3 weeks! We’re doing Snapshot too and I’m really interested to see what the final verdict will be. Keep me posted, I want to see what you end up with since you can’t avoid hard brakes with all that traffic!
How fun, we have Progressive too so I’d love to try this. I think I’m a hard braker too.
Lol, boo for no savings but thank goodness for avoiding accidents!! Your story above made me think of my hubby blowing his tire a few months back on the way home from camping. He had all 3 of our boys for a “father & son” camping trip so he had to change the tire by himself.
Super cool! I’ve been seeing these on a few blogs and am really intrigued!
Kas
I would brake hard in that traffic too!
I don’t have Progressive but seen this on a commercial this morning. I would be interested to see what it says about me.
Yeah I am a hard braker too! Sounds like a good gadget just to assess ones own driving even if no savings come from it
I haven’t heard about this…sounds interesting. We’ve been with the same insurance company for a long time, but my husband talks about comparing prices every now and then. This would be helpful!!