Tag Archives: teenage driving

Ramsey Gouda

podcastBy Sam Fiske February 11, 2020

CEO of KarChing. Teens, parents and car insurers don’t agree on much. But they do agree that dangerous and expensive car accidents are bad. KarChing CEO Ramsey Gouda figured that insurers and parents would be willing to pay some money upfront to reduce the risk of teen car accidents. The KarChing app uses telematics (or…

This app wants teens to stop using their smartphones (while they’re driving, anyway)

blogBy Sam Fiske February 11, 2020

One thing parents, teens and insurers agree on is that car crashes are bad. They’re also more common among young drivers, especially when those drivers are distracted by their smartphones. The KarChing app uses telematics to measure how safely a teenager is driving. It uses the smartphone’s accelerometer and GPS to check whether a…