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Not if I'm unconscious?

• Chaosvex 18d ago
  iPhones actually can. I'm guessing some Androids have an equivalent.
  • fn-mote 18d ago
    Apple Watch for sure. It seems like you have been in an accident. Hit this button to cancel or EMS will be called.
• aceazzameen 18d ago
  Other drivers will phone it in. This isn't a concern for me at all, but I suppose it could be if you lived in a low population area.
  • b0rtb0rt 18d ago
    other drivers will assume someone else already called it in and drive past
    • 1over137 18d ago
      Good god thats a bleak thought, where do you live that people behave like that?!
      • hdgvhicv 18d ago
        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_effect
  • hdgvhicv 18d ago
    Not when you go off the side into a ditch
• Retric 18d ago
  From a cellphone’s perspective a crash = extreme acceleration with different vectors vs a dropped phone, they can also listen for broken glass etc. So even with GPS off that’s detectable. iPhone 14+ and Android 12+ https://en.androidsis.com/How-to-activate-automatic-accident-and-emergency-alerts-on-Android/ https://en.androidsis.com/How-to-activate-automatic-accident...
  • luz666 18d ago
    Interesting info/link, thanks for sharing. Generally I read your comment that a dropped phone only hits the floor once, therefore there is only one vector and the car always overturns/flips/turns and therefore there are multiple vectors measurable in the car? I am not convinced yet, it might be possible without GPS, at least to some degree of error (false positives and false negatives). The info in the link requires GPS to be switched on. hmm