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They aren't reporting you to the police. They are selling that data to insurance companies who then use that information to jack up your premiums. So guess what. You are now being financially punished for safe driving while someone in a 20 year old shit box that miraculously avoids accidents and apeeding tickets pays a lower premium.
The only solution is to forbid companies from collecting this data in the first place. It's never going to be used to make something cheaper for you, it's only ever going to be used to sell you something or to charge you more.
I think we're basically seeing the same picture and in agreement on how things should be (which is why I pointed I'm happy to be in the EU, were that stuff IS forbiden unless people explicitly opt-in).
No opt-ins because companies will do whatever they can to force you into opting in for it. Same way that fast food companies are harvesting data from people by jacking up prices and making "discounts" available on their apps. Corporations have all the leverage again consumers.