Hello,

Our carorganisation in the Netherlands offers a connected system that works with an OBD-dongel and an app on the smartphone. You get f.a. information about your driving style, location of the car, parking time, driven mileage etc. Does anyone in this forum have some experience with a system like this?

TiA
Ben

 

It sounds like the dongle being used in the US by some of the insurance companies. I know that Progressive Ins. Co. has them as a measure of how you drive in order to reduce your insurance premium cost. It's pretty much of a tracking device with ability to measure your speed and braking . Seems to invasive to me but if it is only monitored by yourself then no one else would know how you drive.

 

Shortly - when GDPR starts - they'll have to be very careful if they keep anything!!

GDPR = General Data Protection Regulation (EU Regulation 2016/679)

 

Hello JagV8
I know. In the Netherlands the Regulation will be effective 25/5/2018. Gives the citizen in the EU at least more security about what happens with the personal information.

Grtz
Ben

 

One question; the information you stated "your driving style, location of the car, parking time, driven mileage etc"...... wouldn't you KNOW that information since you were the one DRIVING it???

 

Why are you SHOUTING at me Cee Jay?

 

I have a sore throat, was having trouble with those words. Sorry.

Anyway, is there something that I'm missing? Does it do other stuff that'd be useful?
The bluetooth dongle/phone app stuff I use (other people also) are like the Torque App, which is the real-time parameters such as revs, temps, vacuum, boost, mph, and all the useful stuff as well as reading and resetting trouble codes and calculating performance metrics such as 0-60, top speed, lap times and the like.

 

You should get some cough medicine But just in case you didn't know CAPITALS in online messages is the way to shout. My question was just a ment to find out if there'r other simulair systems/dongles that can give me the same information (in an app), f.e. the information I mentioned; just that. So thx for the information about the Torgue app. I will see if that will be interesting for me.

Grzt
Ben

 

I suspect the app they are looking at give you information on how you drive and feed it back to a file and real time. Unlike torque it will give you info on how you accelerate and how you use your brakes. Maybe also if you use directional signals . It basically tracks the way you drive. Also has GPS tracking for location. I don't know if it knows traffic signals and speed limits but suspect some of them do. Insurance companies and rental car companies who use them to see if you speed and are hard on the brakes. 1984

 

 

wut?

 

Maybe he wants that information for when someone else is driving his car? Or checking where his wife/GF is going?

Regardless, I think he came here to see if others were familiar with an App like that... I don't think he came here to be questioned on why?

Just a thought,

Dave

 

Why would you say that?

 

My wife had it in her car for 6 months? I think that's the duration but it did reduce her premium significantly.

To the OP's question, I did a search here in the US and most of the apps I was able to find are commercial fleet vehicles. There are a couple for personal use but I Don't know if they're available in your country.

 

Thx for all the reactions. My point was indeed to find out if anyone at the forum is familiair and has experience with a system as mentioned. The system in the Netherlands is also a commercial issue from the overall carorganisation. I looked at Torque and that is indeed a familiair system. Perhaps Ill try the offered system for a year and then make my choise.

Thx
Ben