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If you're busy clearing debris from the road and talking to other drivers about your fender bender, your phone is likely back in the car out of ear shot. I'm n

If you're busy clearing debris from the road and talking to other drivers about your fender bender, your phone is likely back in the car out of ear shot. I'm not sure why you think questioning the default-on status of this feature is somehow an opposition to its potential usefulness in the extremely rare times you're unconscious or pinned AND nobody else is around to call. I mean, this article is about the phone calling emergency services from roller-coaster rides, which says it all. It should default to OFF. You have purchased an i Phone not an i Emergency Beacon.

KerrAvon 4y ago
I’m up there with the most libertarian people on phone alert annoyances and I think this is a non-issue. If you’re able to get out of the car, you’re taking the phone with you. You need to take pictures for insurance purposes — and of the other driver’s license (if there are others involved). If there are other people involved, you may need to call emergency services for them. If you’re too dazed to remember the phone, it probably _should_ notify emergency services.
- exodust 4y ago
  Phone alert annoyances? In your view, how many false, unnecessary auto-calls from iOS to emergency are acceptable per year nationally, 50? 1000? 10000? It's common to exit your car instinctively after an accident, then go back for phone. Many people keep their phones in their bag while driving. After the initial call-triggering event, the hazard may not be over. You may need to move your car off the road, or any number of other safety-related post-accident actions. There are more important things to take care of in the 20 seconds following an accident than tending to your phone apps. What next? "child coughing detected, please take your medicine in 10,9,8...".
  - phate 4y ago
    That last line reminds me of the old "Drink Verification Can" copypasta: https://imgur.com/dgGvgKF https://imgur.com/dgGvgKF

KerrAvon 4y ago

I’m up there with the most libertarian people on phone alert annoyances and I think this is a non-issue. If you’re able to get out of the car, you’re taking the phone with you. You need to take pictures for insurance purposes — and of the other driver’s license (if there are others involved). If there are other people involved, you may need to call emergency services for them. If you’re too dazed to remember the phone, it probably _should_ notify emergency services.

exodust 4y ago
Phone alert annoyances? In your view, how many false, unnecessary auto-calls from iOS to emergency are acceptable per year nationally, 50? 1000? 10000? It's common to exit your car instinctively after an accident, then go back for phone. Many people keep their phones in their bag while driving. After the initial call-triggering event, the hazard may not be over. You may need to move your car off the road, or any number of other safety-related post-accident actions. There are more important things to take care of in the 20 seconds following an accident than tending to your phone apps. What next? "child coughing detected, please take your medicine in 10,9,8...".
- phate 4y ago
  That last line reminds me of the old "Drink Verification Can" copypasta: https://imgur.com/dgGvgKF https://imgur.com/dgGvgKF