Disabled drivers say they are “relieved and overjoyed” to be deleting tracking devices installed in their cars after Motability paused its controversial monitoring scheme.
Motorists told The i Paper of the huge stress caused by the “drive smart” system, saying it was intrusive and did not work properly.
Motability Operations – the company running the scheme for personal independence payment (PIP) claimants – had made trackers mandatory for drivers under 30.
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The black box device, linked to an app on users’ mobile phones, allowed Motability and its insurance company, Direct Line, to monitor young drivers’ habits like speed and driving smoothness, using a traffic light scoring system for their behaviour. If drivers clocked up four “red” weekly scores, they could have their cars taken away.
