Answer: Usually the device records how the car is driven rather than identifying the person at the wheel.
That matters in shared cars
If several people regularly use the vehicle, everyone should understand the telematics rules. One person’s repeated speeding or harsh driving can create warnings that affect the policyholder even though they were not behind the wheel at the time.
The device often sees the car, not the person
A fitted unit can record speed, braking and location without having any reliable way to identify the driver. Unless the system uses separate app profiles or another identification method, journeys by different insured drivers may all feed into the same record.
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