Comments on: Tinkering with Progressive TripSense http://s4xton.com/885/tinkering-with-progressive-tripsense/ Minneapolis, Minnesota Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:28:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Jacob http://s4xton.com/885/tinkering-with-progressive-tripsense/#comment-13473 Jacob Fri, 26 May 2006 10:56:40 +0000 /?p=885#comment-13473 I don't know why the accident caused problems with the TripSense chip, I was just as confused as Progressive was. They had me ship my old one in and I got a replacement in the mail. If I looked at the data on the chip, the first 150-200 rows were good, then the rest of the data (about 250,000 lines) all said this: D1 FF (Corrupt) Like I said, the accident must have caused an electrical spike that both took out some core computer circuits (doors+locks) and the TripSense chip. I don’t know why the accident caused problems with the TripSense chip, I was just as confused as Progressive was. They had me ship my old one in and I got a replacement in the mail. If I looked at the data on the chip, the first 150-200 rows were good, then the rest of the data (about 250,000 lines) all said this:

D1 FF (Corrupt)

Like I said, the accident must have caused an electrical spike that both took out some core computer circuits (doors+locks) and the TripSense chip.

]]> By: dave http://s4xton.com/885/tinkering-with-progressive-tripsense/#comment-6756 dave Mon, 24 Apr 2006 13:27:31 +0000 /?p=885#comment-6756 Jacob - why do you suspect accident caused problems with data on tripsensor? call me at 440-395-0285 to discuss. I work on TripSense project at Progressive. thanks. Jacob – why do you suspect accident caused problems with data on tripsensor? call me at 440-395-0285 to discuss. I work on TripSense project at Progressive. thanks.

]]> By: Jacob http://s4xton.com/885/tinkering-with-progressive-tripsense/#comment-6755 Jacob Mon, 24 Apr 2006 12:49:54 +0000 /?p=885#comment-6755 Been using TripSense since early 2004 (when it was in early testing) and have since saved lots of moola with it. Got as high as 18% off in my spring 2005 renewal. Was in an accident in Nov 2005 (t-boned in downtown Mpls), and the crash caused a short circuit in some of the car's computer circuits, namely the ones that control the door locks and window controls. As a side effect, it also took out all the data on my TripSense chip. So I guess that kind of throws out the whole mathmatical reasoning behind these things, which is to calculate what kind of drivers get in the most accidents! Been using TripSense since early 2004 (when it was in early testing) and have since saved lots of moola with it. Got as high as 18% off in my spring 2005 renewal.

Was in an accident in Nov 2005 (t-boned in downtown Mpls), and the crash caused a short circuit in some of the car’s computer circuits, namely the ones that control the door locks and window controls. As a side effect, it also took out all the data on my TripSense chip. So I guess that kind of throws out the whole mathmatical reasoning behind these things, which is to calculate what kind of drivers get in the most accidents!

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