> Apple currently checks your location periodically, so it can fulfill location-based reminder requests, so I honestly figured a similar tech was used for the c

> Apple currently checks your location periodically, so it can fulfill location-based reminder requests, so I honestly figured a similar tech was used for the crash detection. I’m pretty surprised that that’s not the case. GPS positioning at least used to be power-hungry, to the point it couldn't be run continuously. I'm not sure if that's still the case, but it could be a factor.