Which province has the best drivers?
According to data from *Discovery Insure’s road safety app that Purely Local acquired, the best drivers are from the Western Cape, and overall in the country, the best drivers are female drivers (can’t say that’s a surprise though).
How does the app work? Over 36 000 people have downloaded the smartphone app to receive real-time feedback on their driving. Consumers receive detailed feedback after each trip, with information on harsh braking and cornering, distracted driving (such as mobile usage while driving e.g. texting) and speeding, as measured by their smartphone’s built-in ‘accelerometer’, gyroscope and GPS. They are assigned a score between 0 and 100 and are ranked on a leader board which scores them against friends and the broader public.
During the first month of the campaign, almost 17 million km of data was collected and analysed by the Discovery Insure app. Gauteng came in as the second best province when it comes to driving.
Best drivers by province
Western Cape
Gauteng
Eastern Cape
North West
Free State
Northern Cape
KwaZulu-Natal
Mpumalanga
Limpopo
Although almost 70% of users are male, women tend to be better drivers. However, the app did record more harsh braking events and higher levels of cell phone usage by women while driving. Men lost because of significant points on speeding and cornering.
*The Discovery Insure Driver Challenge, which runs from 1 June 2014 to 31 August 2014, includes weekly draws for a share in BP petrol vouchers worth R1 million and the chance to win a once-in-a-lifetime trip for four to the Monaco Grand Prix. The Discovery Insure app is available as a free download from the App Store for iOS and the Play Store for Android, for both Discovery Insure and non-Discovery Insure clients.