Versa counting steps while driving?

[Stephen0118]

This is probably similar to the other threads regarding steps being counted while charging, but mine seems to be counting steps while I'm driving. Maybe it's because I move my arms during steering?

[WavyDavey · Accepted solution]

Hi @Stephen0118,

Unless you're a stunt car driver, I doubt your moving your arms enough to generate many steps. More likely, we see that while driving on rougher roads, the vibrations cause the extra steps.

Some people use driving time to charge their tracker. Steps aren't counted during charging.

Other people go into the web dashboard and create an activity called 'driving'. This particular activity will erase any steps between the start and stop time you give it.

That's all I know. Hope this helps

[Stephen0118]

Thanks, Dave. I'll have to check out how to set up that driving activity.

[SunsetRunner]

Ive had my fitbit for over a year and have driven multiple times from Colorado to Ohio and Pa and until this weekend driving from Ohio to PA it had never counted steps while driving. This makes me doubt the accuracy of the Steps. It had counted steps while riding a horse which I get. There’s a cadence while riding a horse. But it also detects the activity when I ride on the back of our Harley as biking and there’s a lot more vibration then compared to driving, so I struggle with your observation. I appreciate that your just giving your best guess but seems to me Fitbit should be able to correct this just saying... it seems something changed in the last update since it doesn’t seem to do this on short drives around town and just started recently