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Many thanks - there have been many times when he has come home though and then complained that the app says he is speeding and he says he wasn't on that journey - in all honesty he only ever drives around 20 miles locally per day - not much change to get up to the speed limit most of the time and of course he could be lying now but I don't think so - he could be mistaken and not have noticed though but there are a lot of posts online about marginal speeding (eg 1-2 miles over the limit) causing cancellation.
And of course I understand about the cruise control but he sets it at the speed limit when possible - he is a very good driver so I am just surprised (now if it was his sister that would be no shock!)
He has found a quote with LVE for £2000 for a year so we shall follow up on that tomorrow
Originally posted by adolphin10
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Perhaps your son is not suited to driving - a limit is a limit not a target, if he can't stick to it, go lower. If he believes the app is wrong and he's genuinely doing 30 in a 30, why doesn't he drive at 28 and report this fault to the insurer?
Unfortunately you may have to accept your son is lying to you about the speed he is doing, the app will not be recording over the limit (and/or will have built in tolerances). For reference, the speedometer by law must show a speed at or over the actual speed, it cannot read under e.g. it can show 70 when you are doing 65 but cannot show 65 when you are doing 70.
A GPS is more accurate than the speedometer particularly over a distance so if he is doing 31mph (shown on the car) he's likely doing 27-28mph, if the app says he is speeding even at 32mph, his speedometer would be showing 35-36mph.
Have you got a quote from LVE stating yes to the question "have you ever had insurance cancelled"? He will have to declare this cancellation for years and it will always be higher because of this.