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I have no experience in this field. The article wants a hard-copy behind the sun visor of each car. I would think having a digital copy could be grabbed from th
by pfranz 5y ago
I have no experience in this field. The article wants a hard-copy behind the sun visor of each car. I would think having a digital copy could be grabbed from the VIN number with minimal coordination. In practice, it could be pulled up before rescue services arrive on the scene from the license plate or driver's registration with a final spot-check on scene. That might help the parent?
I would think a lookup via a photo (unless it's the vin number or a QR code) would be more difficult and take much longer to adopt. I would think something like having the car broadcast basic info with an emergency beacon would be more ideal...but has privacy concerns, would require opt in from manufacturers, and equipment and training on the emergency services side. Maybe another industry like planes or boats would be easier to adopt something like this?
- closewith 5y agoInterestingly, in the EU, all cars sold since mid-2018 have a mandatory SIM card as part of the eCall system. In the event of a crash, it automatically connects to the driver to the local 112 emergency number, but also sends telemetry (location, direction of travel, VIN and some other details). There are definitely privacy implications to this system. It doesn't generally help when the vehicle enters the water, because the signal attenuates so quickly in water that it's very unlikely that the modem will be able to connect to a tower.
- tosh 5y agoMakes sense @ beacon, I'd also imagine visual identification might be difficult in some cases (e.g. if the car is damaged or submerged etc)