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    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!

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    1. April Decheine

      August 20, 2012 at 1:14 pm

      I am getting my car back from my daughter and have a note to try this!

    2. Jenn

      August 20, 2012 at 2:35 pm

      Can't wait to see how much you save!

    3. Virginia from That Bald Chick

      August 20, 2012 at 7:07 pm

      I just saw a commercial about this!

    4. Lolo

      August 21, 2012 at 3:11 am

      I do not think I would get the extra savings either. In Vegas I seem to be breaking hard a lot too.

    5. Tammy

      August 21, 2012 at 9:39 am

      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.

    6. A Time Out for Mommy- Elaina

      August 21, 2012 at 12:13 pm

      This is pretty cool, but I'm a little apprehensive about all the data they collect

    7. Liz

      August 23, 2012 at 7:44 am

      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.

    8. Brett

      August 23, 2012 at 8:09 am

      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.

    9. Cassie

      August 23, 2012 at 9:27 am

      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.

    10. Ashley - Embracing Beauty

      August 23, 2012 at 10:05 am

      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. 🙂

    11. Beeb Ashcroft

      August 23, 2012 at 10:41 am

      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!

    12. Melissa

      August 23, 2012 at 11:09 am

      How fun, we have Progressive too so I'd love to try this. I think I'm a hard braker too.

    13. Janel C.

      August 23, 2012 at 4:00 pm

      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.

    14. Kasandria Reasoner

      August 23, 2012 at 4:17 pm

      Super cool! I've been seeing these on a few blogs and am really intrigued!
      Kas

    15. Tesa

      August 23, 2012 at 5:02 pm

      I would brake hard in that traffic too!

    16. Stefani

      August 23, 2012 at 7:06 pm

      I don't have Progressive but seen this on a commercial this morning. I would be interested to see what it says about me.

    17. Julie k

      August 24, 2012 at 12:13 am

      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

    18. Hanan

      August 24, 2012 at 5:57 pm

      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!!

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