San Antonio's Safest Driver

San Antonio's Safest Driver makes it fun and rewarding to be a better driver*.

Now’s your chance to prove that you are a safe driver and be rewarded with prizes! The San Antonio's Safest Driver app allows participants to challenge their friends, see how they rank in their community, and be eligible for prizes every other week. This app is brought to you by the City of San Antonio, Vision Zero, Cambridge Mobile Telematics, and USAA. The effort is part of San Antonio's Vision Zero plan to end traffic deaths and serious injuries on city streets. Better behavior behind the wheel is key to achieving this aggressive goal. For more information, please visit http://www.sasafestdriver.com/.

San Antonio's Safest Driver automatically detects when driving starts and stops, and uses your phone’s sensors to measure driving quality, including acceleration, braking, cornering, speeding, and phone distraction. The application logs your driving trips, displays mapped routes of your drives, and displays details on maneuvers giving you useful feedback to help you become a better driver. In addition, it provides driving tips and allows you to invite friends to your leaderboard to compete for top rankings. The app also tracks transit and bike trips.

The competition is for residents (who are at least 18 years of age or older) of San Antonio and the surrounding areas included within the Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization boundaries. To verify eligibility, you will need to enter your participating zip code on the registration page. Please note, the City of San Antonio is subject to the Texas Public Information Act, Chapter 552 of the Texas Government Code. By participating in San Antonio's Safest Driver, you acknowledge that any records you submit may be subject to disclosure pursuant to the Public Information Act.

Why does my Samsung phone not record all my trips?

Samsung has several different power save settings that can interfere with automatic (background) trip detection. Power save mode must be set to "Off" (not "Mid" or "Max") in order for the app to access GPS in the background. The app also must be in the "unmonitored" app; monitored apps will be put to sleep unless you keep opening them manually, and "always sleeping" apps will never record trips in the background.

Why does my Huawei phone not record all my trips?

Huawei phones must list the app in the "protected" category under Battery settings. Unprotected apps cannot run in the background.

*Your phone must contain a gyroscope to be able to download and participate.

For complete rules, please visit http://www.sasafestdriver.com/.

The application uses low-power sensing methods to reduce battery consumption.