Tesla Insurance Rolls Out Driver Safety Score To Californian Customers

Tesla Insurance recently announced that it has rolled out its controversial driver safety score to its customers in California, the largest market for the coverage.

The score is based on real-time tracking of driver behaviors while using the vehicle.
According to Tesla Insurance, the driver safety score’s purpose is for education only, and that it will not impact driver premiums for the moment.

The electric automaker has been selling its coverage in California for some time but has not been using real-time driving data or its proprietary safety score until now, though this had been the company’s original intention.

Before the company expanded its coverage into other markets, it sought to strengthen its safety score system. That system collects real-time driving data and determines whether you are a ‘good driver’ based on a number of different factors.

These include the amount of hard breaking a driver does, the number of ‘Forward Collision Warnings’ that are triggered, aggressive turning, close following distance, and whether the forced Autopilot disengagements occur.