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Pay As You Drive insurance gets Brit road test.(AVIONICS & TRANSPORTATION)

Publication: GPS World
Date: Monday, January 1 2007

Under a plan offered by British insurer Norwich Union, GPS helps determine how much drivers pay for their auto insurance.

The company's Pay As You Drive plan uses GPS to calculate monthly insurance premiums based on how often, when, and where a person drives, basing the premium on the individual's driving habits--rather than everyone else's--and potentially saving the customer some money.

A black-box GPS unit provided by Trafficmaster is installed in the trunk or under the dashboard so it cannot be disturbed or tampered with. Once the unit is fitted on the c

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