• Re: accident reporting app not so useful when skiing.

    From =?UTF-8?Q?J=C3=B6rg_Lorenz?=@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jul 3 01:57:24 2024
    Am 03.07.24 um 01:16 schrieb micky:
    Yes, t his is about an iphone but it's interesting and it's against my religion to read the iphone group. If this doesn't apply to Android, it
    will soon.

    A year ago: I believe they are figuring out how to connect a cell phone
    to satellite, so that even out of range, one can call for help.
    Reply:
    That's already used in iPhone 14. Some towns that ski resorts are in or
    near were having a heckuva time with all the auto-emergency calls
    generated every time a skier with the latest iPhone took a fall but was
    fine. The software was designed to activate an emergency alert to local authorities when the user's car sustains impact, jarring the body. The
    small towns didn't have the manpower to deal with hundreds of emergency
    calls that had to be responded to in person. They were begging people to
    turn the app off while they were skiing. (Apple has since been refining
    it.) There was also a couple whose car went off the road into a deep
    canyon. They survived only because their iPhone automatically alerted
    the closest hospital.

    Are you bored?
    BTW: What is your question?

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  • From micky@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jul 2 19:16:56 2024
    Yes, t his is about an iphone but it's interesting and it's against my
    religion to read the iphone group. If this doesn't apply to Android, it
    will soon.

    A year ago: I believe they are figuring out how to connect a cell phone
    to satellite, so that even out of range, one can call for help.
    Reply:
    That's already used in iPhone 14. Some towns that ski resorts are in or
    near were having a heckuva time with all the auto-emergency calls
    generated every time a skier with the latest iPhone took a fall but was
    fine. The software was designed to activate an emergency alert to local authorities when the user's car sustains impact, jarring the body. The
    small towns didn't have the manpower to deal with hundreds of emergency
    calls that had to be responded to in person. They were begging people to
    turn the app off while they were skiing. (Apple has since been refining
    it.) There was also a couple whose car went off the road into a deep
    canyon. They survived only because their iPhone automatically alerted
    the closest hospital.

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  • From micky@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Wed Jul 3 00:04:37 2024
    In comp.mobile.android, on Wed, 3 Jul 2024 01:57:24 +0200, J�rg Lorenz <[email protected]> wrote:

    Am 03.07.24 um 01:16 schrieb micky:
    Yes, t his is about an iphone but it's interesting and it's against my
    religion to read the iphone group. If this doesn't apply to Android, it
    will soon.

    A year ago: I believe they are figuring out how to connect a cell phone
    to satellite, so that even out of range, one can call for help.
    Reply:
    That's already used in iPhone 14. Some towns that ski resorts are in or
    near were having a heckuva time with all the auto-emergency calls
    generated every time a skier with the latest iPhone took a fall but was
    fine. The software was designed to activate an emergency alert to local
    authorities when the user's car sustains impact, jarring the body. The
    small towns didn't have the manpower to deal with hundreds of emergency
    calls that had to be responded to in person. They were begging people to
    turn the app off while they were skiing. (Apple has since been refining
    it.) There was also a couple whose car went off the road into a deep
    canyon. They survived only because their iPhone automatically alerted
    the closest hospital.

    Are you bored?
    BTW: What is your question?

    Read the first paragraph again.

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