MSE News: Young drivers 'pay how you drive' insurance unveiled by Co-op

Former_MSE_Helen

This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story:

"The Co-operative's new smartbox technology will determine premiums for young drivers based on their driving behaviour ..."

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Young drivers 'pay how you drive' insurance unveiled by Co-op

Percy1983

This looks be a step in the right direction, as I have said all along not ALL young drivers are bad drivers yet ALL of them are treated so, if this can work to prove that there not all bad then I welcome it.

catflea

My initial reaction is that most young drivers use family members cars. Can this system take into account that a car may well have more than one driver?

bouncydog1

This could also be a bit of an eye-opener for the parents who often foot the bill for their children's car insurance who maintain that their child is not a "boy racer"! :rotfl:

charlie792

Whilst it could be a good idea in a bid to reduce insurance premiums I don't see in reality it would save some people much money...afterall it says in the article The AA says the average 17 to 22-year-old pays £2,250 a year and that for the scheme customers first pay an annual premium, which the Co-op suggests will be an average £1,800
My partners insurance is £600 (and on his own policy) so this would actually triple the cost of his insurance so it would be a bit of a false economy for him

cactusdust

Think I'll just wait until I'm old enough to afford it. The discount savings don't seem massively different.. if I'm paying thousands of pounds, there's no real difference.

A lovely five months since I passed my test and I haven't touched a car since.

ehlo

measuring the following is transmitted via satellite

Really? GPS position is obviously obtained via satellite but it seems far more likely that data is transmitted over the phone network when in range given the price of satellite data.

I'm being picky but as someone who is heavily involved in tech, I cringe when people talk about GPS as being both send and receive

mikey72

ehlo wrote: »

Really? GPS position is obviously obtained via satellite but it seems far more likely that data is transmitted over the phone network when in range given the price of satellite data.

I'm being picky but as someone who is heavily involved in tech, I cringe when people talk about GPS as being both send and receive

Probably goes via satellite over the phone network for data processing in russia or israel after it's colllected.

p5x

already similar schemes out there like this, google insurethebox/coverbox

grumbler

Customers first pay an annual premium, which the Co-op suggests will be an average £1,800, which includes the fitting of the box

I wonder how much is fitting and what else this figure includes.

Degenerate

If, over the course of the year, customers demonstrate responsible driving they will receive a safer driving discount of up to 11.25% off the annual premium.

Pathetic. If I was a young driver I'd rather pay the 11.25% and not have big brother sitting in my car. If they're going to do this it has to reward safe young drivers properly by reducing their premiums to levels similar to older drivers.