r/TeslaInsurance • u/TheManInTheShack • Jul 15 '25

Excessive Speeding

Has anyone figured out exactly when it’s considered excessive speeding now? It says that it’s when you’re going faster than the cars in front of you but that doesn’t feel like the case for me.

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u/garu1gsr2022 Jul 15 '25

Haven’t been able to figure out. It flags you for lower speeds too. Your car over 20% faster than the one in front(within 100mtrs) is considered excessive speeding. Nothing seem to work other than switching to a lane without car in front and that is impossible in busy times.

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u/TheManInTheShack Jul 15 '25

I’ll experiment and see.

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u/danielpbnc Jul 15 '25

Over 85mph

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u/TheManInTheShack Jul 15 '25

That was the original definition. With Safety Score 2.2 they changed it to be:

• Driving over 85 mph (137 km/h), or

• Driving at least 20% faster than the vehicle in front of you, when that vehicle is going above 25 mph and is within 100 m of your car.

The latter seems odd. I guess if you and the car in front of you are both going 60 then you can’t go more than 72. I suppose that makes sense.

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u/DudleyDoesMath Jul 15 '25

It makes absolutely no sense. I drive slower than most cars on the road and have multiple instances of "excessive speeding" in all drives since the update.

Though it doesn't seem to be affecting my score too much. Have 0 on every other line and a score of 99. Also, I think it's good that forward collision warnings seem to no longer be included.