Well….I was watching tv the other day…barely paying attention when an ad for Progressive Insurance with their spokesperson “Flo” snapped me to attention….have you heard of their new ploy? They will lower your insurance rate if you allow them to put a data tracker in your car, in their words, to “confirm your great driving”…yeah, you heard it, these people want you to put a device in your car that will give them more ammunition to not pay any claims..not that any insurance company needs a reason to deny claims since they deny them all of the time for no reason…or I should say trumped up ones that force you to fight to get what you paid for. What’s next? Will they propose that they put an ear tag in all of their customers that will track you at all times….that’s just what this new device will do…it will have gps tracking for speed but more than that, g meters that will label you as an “aggressive driver” and will raise your rates; no matter that you have no tickets or accidents. When are we going to say stop to these folks, to the cellphone companies that track our every move, and to the insurance companies that control what we eat and what we do to ensure higher profits for them….and if you expect lower premiums from giving up your freedom…I’ve got a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you….

One last thing…boycott Progressive Insurance! Or at the very least, if you are a Progressive customer, throw the damn data logger at them when they show it to you….geez….