[Traster]

If I drive slowly the likelihood of spotting a forward collision early is higher and I have more time to react, and certainly the speed differential as I approach some stopped traffic is lower reducing my braking intensity. If I'm driving slower I can make the same radius turn with lower Gs improving that rating, and I'm also going to be much more likely to be following safely since at the lower speed I can be closer whilst still having a safe headway.

So basically every metric is easy to improve by simply driving slower.

[ReidZB]

That's assuming you're varying only speed and not e.g. following distance. I try to leave at least 3 seconds' distance pretty much always (often more), so I have a pretty consistent amount of time to react regardless if I'm driving 30 mph or 55 mph.

Additionally, most of the metrics are cut-offs. It doesn't matter if you brake very gradually or if you brake very close to the area where it penalizes you. Based on my driving so far, the hard braking threshold is pretty forgiving. Yesterday, I let off the accelerator completely and went full-regen braking and it didn't care.

Anyway, I've driven 99 miles (highway/city mix) with the Safety Score thing turned on, and I'm still at score 100. I haven't slowed down at all.