After two years of withdrawal, not having one in Seattle, I bought another Nordic when we moved back. It uses a third less water and it’s easier to care for. Has really deep seats. I think with tax, cover, delivery and steps, it was $4,500 at The Place in Medina. Smaller, as it turns out, is better.

http://nordichottubs.com/all-nordic-spas-and-accessories/five-person-tubs/retreat.html

What I’m guessing is what they are trying to do is penalize the folks that are not paying attention to the road while driving (i.e. texting, phone, etc.) and need to jab the brake randomly to keep from hitting someone or something. That’s not me. I very rarely talk on the phone (mainly to say I’ll call back later) and never text while driving. I also don’t tail-gate people. I leave plenty of room for people… etc.

I’ve not caused an accident for around 15 years now. I think that record speaks better for me than “hard braking.” (full disclosure — two accidents in the past 15 years: one was me being rear-ended, the other was someone that turned left in front of me at an intersection by her failing to yield; I didn’t have time to stop. In neither case was I cited.)

Another good example that actually happened a few times: on the highway and someone cuts you off. Instead of hitting the brakes hard — and getting dinged for it — I very carefully modulated the braking to avoid triggering the device and in the process used up more of my following distance than I’m comfortable with.

Same thing happens with a yellow light. Brake hard or speed up? Braking now costs money…

For me the real problem is the device was conditioning me to be ginger with the brake. I think that’s faulty.

For me the savings of less than $10 a month isn’t worth the headache this was causing.