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Tesla Enhances Safety Score in Latest Update: Late Night Driving Pushed Back to 11 PM

Tesla has made an adjustment to its safety score that should ease the premiums of those using Tesla Insurance, as late night driving was pushed back to 11 PM from 10 PM.
Tesla Enhances Safety Score in Latest Update: Late Night Driving Pushed Back to 11 PM

Tesla has introduced an update to its Safety Score system, bringing several refinements aimed at more accurately assessing driver behavior and, consequently, impacting Tesla Insurance premiums outside California.

Here's a quick summary of the changes:

  • Introduction of Safety Score 2.1: This update fine-tunes the Late-Night Driving metric within the existing Safety Score formula.
  • Adjustment in Late-Night Driving Metric: The start time for the Late-Night Driving metric has been pushed from 10 PM to 11 PM, addressing feedback regarding the impact on insurance premiums.
  • Continued Use for FSD Beta and Insurance: The Safety Score remains a crucial tool for determining eligibility for Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta testing and calculating monthly Tesla Insurance premiums, with version 2.0 having introduced metrics like Excessive Speeding and Unbuckled Driving.
  • Criticism and Lawsuits: Despite these changes, the Forward Collision Warnings metric remains unchanged, continuing to draw criticism and legal challenges due to its sensitivity.

Tesla needs to either reduce the sensitivity of forward collision warnings OR make them far less impactful to safety score. But, it can't do, nothing... With that, let's go over these updates.

Understanding the Safety Score Update

Tesla's Safety Score tool, integral for assessing driver safety through real-time metrics like Hard Braking and Aggressive Turning, has evolved to version 2.1.

This iteration primarily modifies the Late-Night Driving metric to start at 11 PM instead of 10 PM, a change made in response to customer feedback regarding its previous impact on insurance costs.

Adjusting Late-Night Driving Assessments

The update aims to refine how late-night driving affects the overall Safety Score by shifting the assessment period to a later start time.

This modification is expected to alleviate some concerns regarding higher insurance premiums due to late-night driving activities.

This means I can drive to go dancing and do my nightly activities at 10 PM without stressing about leaving earlier. I'm happy about that.

Feedback and Criticism Addressed

Tesla has responded to user feedback about the early start time of the Late-Night Driving metric by adjusting it to a later hour.

However, the update does not address concerns surrounding the Forward Collision Warnings metric, known for its high sensitivity and potential to trigger false alarms, affecting drivers' Safety Scores and, by extension, their insurance premiums.

I still get one of these about every 30 days, and I'm never in any danger of hitting the car in front of me. I'm not sure why Tesla can't or won't fix this...

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Legal Challenges

The sensitivity of the Forward Collision Warning metric has not only been a point of contention among Tesla owners but has also led to legal actions, such as a lawsuit filed by an Illinois driver against State National Insurance Co.

The plaintiff claimed that his insurance premiums were unjustly inflated due to false warnings from this particular metric.

I actually agree with this lawsuit, and I'm a big Tesla fan...

Looking Forward

While Tesla's Safety Score 2.1 addresses specific concerns related to the Late-Night Driving metric, the unchanged Forward Collision Warnings metric continues to be a subject of debate and legal scrutiny.

As Tesla progresses with its Safety Score system and autonomous driving technologies, further updates and refinements can be anticipated to align more closely with driver experiences and safety outcomes.

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