How are aggressive braking and acceleration events defined?
A5. An aggressive acceleration/braking event occurs any time a vehicle speeds up/slows down more than 10 kph in one second. Aggressive acceleration/braking events are not being used to calculate your discount, but the data is being made available to you for informational purposes. Additionally, we are collecting this information to better understand if it is predictive of future accidents. People who exhibit higher than average amounts of aggressive acceleration/braking events may want to pay more attention to their driving habits to see if they are following others too closely, “punching it off the line,” etc. These types of behaviours are generally unsafe and can lead to the increased risk of an accident.