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Chenko0160 t1_j1um0jp wrote

Reply to comment by DocPhilMcGraw in iPhone 14's Car Crash Detection Still Triggering False 911 Calls, Forcing Dispatchers to Reallocate Resources Away From Real Emergencies by No-Drawing-6975

So actually experienced this first hand last week when I fell while skiing. All of a sudden I had a alarm going off in my ear buds and when I looked at my watch it was counting down before it would call 911. I hit the slider to cancel it and all was good. Not sure how there’s so many false alarms from it.

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Toad32 t1_j1umefu wrote

Not sure? How did you check your phone with snow gloves on?

Who takes out their phone while skiing? It's not coming out of my zipper pocket until I am on the lift.

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KittenPics t1_j1v4c7w wrote

You’re crazy! Dropping a phone from a lift is the best way to lose it!

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Chenko0160 t1_j1umkju wrote

I was able to do it from the Apple Watch on my wrist. So I didn’t even have to take my phone out. I did quickly pull my glove off to swipe though since to your point it doesn’t work well with gloves on lol.

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DrCola12 t1_j1xqwl6 wrote

The new Apple Watch also has crash detection

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DocPhilMcGraw t1_j1unzjd wrote

Right, but I think there are many more circumstances happening of people that either may not have an Apple Watch or they may not be able to retrieve their phones in time.

I know that if I was skiing and I had on all these gloves and gear, my phone would probably be in my pocket (and it most likely would be a zipped pocket). Plus, you don't always recognize at first what is happening. While 20 seconds may sound like a long amount of time, it's really not. Sometimes it takes me 10-15 seconds just to realize my phone is vibrating in my pocket because it's a phone call and not just a bunch of texts being sent to me.

And honestly, there is not going to be that much of a difference in terms of your outcome whether 911 is called at the 20 second mark or the 60 second mark. It should just be defaulted to 60 seconds and they should have it alarm in the same way SOS alarms when it is about to call.

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AsH83 t1_j1vc0kv wrote

This happened to me in a roller coaster, lucky I had my watch on me to deactivate it. if no watch, I would have no way to get my phone out of my pocket.

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SuperGameTheory t1_j1w4pdh wrote

Queue to cut scene of ambulance on the tracks chasing your roller coaster down as you keep going around having a blast.

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