OtoZen uses two different systems to help you with speeding:

• Speeding events – used for Drive Scores and trip reports

• Speeding alerts – real-time audio beeps while you’re driving

They are related, but they don’t always behave the same way.

1. Speeding Events (shown in Drives & Drive Scores)

Where you see them:

• In your trip summary and Drive Scores

What they are:

• A speeding event is recorded when you drive 10 mph / 10 km/h or more over the road’s speed limit for at least 15 seconds.

• This delay helps ignore brief spikes, like quick overtakes or lane changes.

What they affect:

• Your Drive Score and speeding history for that trip.

2. Speeding Alerts (audio beeps while driving)

Where you experience them:

• As audio beeps on your phone or car speakers while driving.

What they are:

• Real-time alerts that play a few seconds after you cross the speed limit over the thresholds you set in Speeding Alerts settings.

Key points:

• Based on your personal alert thresholds, not just the 10 mph / 15-second rule.

• Meant to warn you in the moment so you can slow down.

• Require:

  • Driver Mode to be ON

  • Phone volume or car audio to be loud enough

3. Quick comparison

• Events = recorded after the trip and shown in Drive Scores

• Alerts = real-time beeps to help you slow down while driving

So it’s possible to:

• Have a speeding event recorded even if you didn’t notice the beep (e.g., volume low, Bluetooth issue), or

• Hear a beep without it counting as a speeding event (e.g., you slowed down before crossing 10 mph over the limit for 15 seconds).