This app has several very aggravating flaws. 1) unsafe acceleration - it seems that the app interprets transmission downshifting to be excessive or unsafe driving. Automobile manufacturers have gone to transmissions with more gears than in the past. By having closer gear ratios they have been able to increase mpg despite the smaller 4 & 6 cylinder engines. It is exasperating to be dinged for acceleration when, in reality, the actual is acceleration is pathetic! If you are driving a high powered vehicle where extreme acceleration or squealing the tires was possible this might make sense. In many of today’s vehicle rapid acceleration is not even possible!2) unsafe braking - the app is structured based on the assumption that applying brakes even slightly more than normal is caused by following other vehicles too close. Once again it is very disturbing to stop for a yellow traffic light rather than drive through the light as most drivers do then be dinged for excess braking!3) unsafe cornering - the app also deems fairly normal cornering to be unsafe and dings you for that! State Farm needs to update this app to address these issues or risk people dropping the app because of its flawed programming logic. Are these devices calibrated this ensuring consistency?
We are sorry to hear about the trouble you have been experiencing! It sounds like you are referring to the Drive Safe & Save app, not the State Farm mobile app. If you contact the Drive Safe & Save Team on their app page, they would be more than happy to look into all of this for you and assist you. If you have any feedback about the State Farm mobile app, you can let us know that here. Thanks!! ~ State Farm iOS Team