Comments on: State Farm Drive Safe & Save Review: A Lot of Tracking, But No Saving

By: Harry Truman

Harry Truman — Tue, 18 Apr 2017 23:30:00 +0000

Like Rainman, I’m a very good driver. My SF grades are:
Left Turns C+
Right Turns B-
Acceleration C+
Braking B-
Speed A+
Time of day B-
How do I get these grades up? Can’t understand the Speed A+ grade. I drive with traffic 65 in 55 zone.

By: RegorTheGreat

RegorTheGreat — Fri, 07 Apr 2017 23:29:00 +0000

In reply to Houtex77. How does your agent like that new car you bought for him for 40 years worth of giving your money away?

By: Angela B

Angela B — Sun, 26 Feb 2017 17:22:00 +0000

I got the notice to sign up a few days ago. It sounds creepy and big brotherish. I am sure State Farm will use the data against me somehow. I’m not a bad driver, but I do tend to speed a bit (5-10 over the limit, mainly on highways). I also drive about 15,000 miles a year. I’m sure State Farm won’t like that. I already pay the highest mileage rate anyway.

By: NMA

NMA — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 20:03:00 +0000

In reply to Kenneth Kalan.

Thanks for the information! My State Farm Auto Insurance went up $10 in the last month. When I called my Agent she said it had to do with my car, my location and the number of accidents in my area. I have been with them for over 20 years with no incidence of any kind. Ok, it’s getting pretty congested around here and I can see maybe a few dollars in increase but 10? SO she tells me I can get this drive and save and it will knock 3 dollars off my bill and I can enroll into a Drivers Ed class to get another 3 dollars off. Where is the good driver discount? I ask.”oh you have that” she says. well, I don’t see it. I am being penalized for other drivers’ stupidity and carelessness. Insurance all the way around is a scam and a fleecing of people who do the right thing. Geico quoted me back down (or even a bit lower) than where I was last month with State Farm.. But I don’t know about Geico. Reviews seem to run either way with them. sigh.. 🙁

By: Tony Trabucco

Tony Trabucco — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 00:49:00 +0000

Just showed up on my mother-in-law’s bill — so have to figure out why (fairly certain that she didn’t sign up for it). The other issue (at least in California) is that they are threatening to begin taxing motorists by the mile (either in lieu of or in addition to the current gasoline tax) — what better way for the State to collect the necessary data than have the insurance companies do it for them. I would run from this program (as it appears that most of you have).

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 03:05:00 +0000

In reply to ANTHONY SAUTER. I had the same issue with my bill. All of the discounts were lumped together, so I could not tell how much Drive and Save was actually saving me.

By: ANTHONY SAUTER

ANTHONY SAUTER — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 23:56:00 +0000

Does anyone know when the so-called drive and save discount is applied? All is says on my premium notice is that I have the discount but does not list the amount. I’m sure it’s mainly a scam but I want all the info I can get before I call State Farm

By: Michael Gwisdala

Michael Gwisdala — Sun, 08 Jan 2017 04:47:00 +0000

I have the bluetooth beacon device, and I think it is defective, because the app for my cellphone says 0.0 miles for a lot of my trips. I kid you not!

By: Kenneth Kalan

Kenneth Kalan — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 16:23:00 +0000

State Farm Safe Driver is a scam. I asked up front and was told it only monitored miles driven, nothing else. Now I see it monitors everything. That’s not what I signed up for. Plus it uses your phone (gps, accelerometer and not sure what else), it sucks the battery like there is no tomorrow. Who knows exactly what data it’s collecting (besides what it says in the app). If I was told honestly up front, I would not be in the program.

By: Sabrina Stewart Ellison

Sabrina Stewart Ellison — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 20:02:00 +0000

In reply to Houtex77. They all keep raising rates.