An alliance of insurance companies and environmentalists are pushing to bring pay-as-you-drive auto-insurance, available from a handful of companies in other states, to California in a big way, the Los Angeles Times reports. The system, which charges premiums based on mileage, as recorded by a GPS tracking device, gives drivers financial incentives to conserve, and has multiple benefits on roadways and for the environment.
But watchdog groups are concerned insurers will monitor more than just their customers' mileage; a GPS tracking system could "give insurance carriers your exact location at all times and could wind up being subpoenaed in divorce proceedings and other lawsuits," one privacy advocate worries. In the state legislature, where the measure is expected to pass, one assemblyman worries that the system rewards low-mileage urban drivers and punishes customers in rural areas. Still, one study suggests implementing the system nationwide could save $52 billion. (More privacy stories.)
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