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Drive Smarter: Understanding Your Safety Score

November 2, 2025
5 min
Drive Smarter: Understanding Your Safety Score

See what impacts your score and how to keep it consistently high.

Introduction

Your safety score reflects how focused and distraction free your drive was. It is designed to encourage better driving habits and helps determine how many LETSTOP credits you earn. This guide explains what affects your score and how to maintain strong results on every trip.

What Your Safety Score Measures

LETSTOP analyzes simple signals from your device to assign a score after each drive. The goal is to reward consistency and reduce risky behaviors without overcomplicating the process.

  • How often you touch your phone during the drive
  • How long the drive lasted
  • If the drive had enough distance to count
  • These factors help keep scoring predictable and fair for every user.

    Why Touches Matter

    Phone interaction is the most important part of your score. Every touch indicates a moment when your attention moved away from the road. Even short distractions can affect your safety and your scoring.

  • Zero touches gives you the highest possible score
  • A few touches reduce your score gradually
  • Frequent interactions lead to a low score
  • Touches are recorded silently during the drive and displayed visually during trip review so you can see exactly where distractions occurred.

    Short Drives and Scoring

    Drives below a certain distance may not count toward your credit earnings. They are still detected, but they will show a message explaining that the trip was too short to qualify.

    Short drives still contribute to learning your driving habits, but they will not generate credits because the data sample is too small for accurate scoring.

    How to Maintain a High Score

    Improvement comes from consistency. Small changes during your daily routine make a noticeable difference in your scoring over time.

  • Set your navigation before you begin driving
  • Use a dashboard mount to avoid holding your phone
  • Rely on voice commands when needed
  • Avoid adjusting music or apps while in motion
  • Enable Do Not Disturb to reduce notifications
  • Over time, these habits lead to cleaner, distraction free drives and higher average scores.

    Reviewing Your Score After Each Trip

    After your trip is processed, LETSTOP displays your score along with a summary of touch points and insights that help you understand what went well and what can be improved.

  • See your total touches and where they happened
  • Check how the drive compares with previous ones
  • Track your average score over time
  • This helps you learn from each drive and build safer habits with every trip.

    Why Your Score Matters

    Your safety score impacts more than a single drive. It influences your credit earnings and contributes to your long term progress. Strong scores help you unlock levels, reach milestones, and access rewards within the LETSTOP ecosystem.

    By staying focused and minimizing touches, you can maintain high scores that reflect safer habits and lead to better outcomes from the app.

    Ready to Apply What You've Learned?

    Put your knowledge into practice and start earning rewards for safer driving.