That trip to the shops you describe really highlights the sillyness of the rules.
My journeys are quite atypical as well.
I have family in Northern France, so most months I spend a weekend there. Getting through Le Shuttle (Eurotunnel’s) check-in, EES, Passport and boarding requires at least 8 stops – 4 of which normally require the engine to be turned off. As I understand it Drive Smart counts a journey as an engine start-stop.
Red score at least 1 week monthly, and possibly 2 depending on what it considers a week.
More interesting would be how it treats the train; the phone is inside the car with the wedge but the Train Driver is in charge and it’s not the smoothest of things.
That’s before the issue of having meetings in central London. Good luck getting anywhere inside the north/south circular without getting a red score!
Been doing both for the last 20 years without a single accident and I’d give my lease a month if I end up with Drive Smart.
