It’s only a false call if you knowingly make a false call. Just like if you call the police when what you think is a robbery, but not actually, that’s not false.
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iPhone 14's Car Crash Detection Still Triggering False 911 Calls, Forcing Dispatchers to Reallocate Resources Away From Real Emergencies
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I don’t think fining them has ever done anything but they need to be fined per call.
This is even truer about the beancounters at Apple.
I afraid it will never work 100% perfectly as people and theirs iPhones are experiencing millions situations but it will be better with time thanks to machine learning
Pixel phones have this feature turned OFF by default for pretty obvious reasons. I didn't even know it was a feature my Pixel 6 Pro was even capable of and I've been using the phone for over a year.
20 False reports PER DAY is just freaking unreasonable. There are so many reasons why this is a problem.
20 False reports PER DAY is just freaking unreasonable. There are so many reasons why this is a problem.
Take some 70% ETOH and a paper towel, and wipe off the contact portion of the blades. You can also use regular windshield cleaner solution. You will be surprised at the dirt you remove--and that's why your new-ish wipers are stuttering.
Apple probably thinks that it’s better to be safe than sorry with crash detection, but there’s a “boy who cried wolf” issue here. Too many false alarms and emergency dispatchers are just going to start ignoring these calls!
Surely it would be simple to determine when a “crash” occurs, for example, in a recreational mountain resort area, and adjust parameters accordingly?
Surely it would be simple to determine when a “crash” occurs, for example, in a recreational mountain resort area, and adjust parameters accordingly?
Over 70 such calls but there were no actual emergencies. Even if a real, serious ski crash were to occur, most of these are going to occur in commercial ski resorts with professional, medically trained ski patrol/mountain rescue staff who are best placed to triage injuries and call for additional assistance if necessary.
For sure. The crash detection algorithm and its inputs (accelerometers, GPS, microphone, post-crash movement, camera, etc) need to be further considered and adjusted. Apple will get there.
I still have an iPhone 13 Pro but I can tell you that my phone has dialed 911 several times without my asking it to. In one case, it seemed to be triggered by my passing under a traffic light at a busy intersection. Granted, this is probably another technical issue. But I suspect turning off the "feature" is a good idea. I've been an Apple guy for a very long time and I am still heavily invested in the ecosystem (note my gear list below). But, for the very first time, I'm beginning to think about not sticking with Apple during my next product-update cycle. This company needs to work out its bugs before adding new gee-whiz features. Many of us realize this but Apple simply isn't listening. We will only get their attention by not buying their products.
Or only enabled if someone is traveling at 40 mph or above.
Or only using Apple Maps and/or on Bluetooth.
Or, you know, just ban iPhone 14’s from ski slopes and roller coasters 😆
I think iPhones have better ways of knowing whether you’re in a car through GPS. Find My showing when someone I’m sharing locations with is in a car has been pretty accurate. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a false flag on that. And they’re not connected to CarPlay or anything like that. What’s weird is how rollercoasters are triggering that as you’re not moving that much relative to the ground. Plus, the ride doesn’t follow the road and if you’re in a car, you’re more likely than not, on the road… Imo it’s just the algorithm they’re using that was obviously developed too quickly and was not thought through.
Yes, car crash detection, except for tourists on icy roads near ski resorts.
Easy fix: just verify that you want to use crash protection. Verify all the way down.
The feature is because, many people in serious car accidents are not able to call 911.
The problem is, they don't want to trigger false negatives. You don't want people knocked out in a crash, then not have the phone dial 911. False negatives are far worse than false positives. If anything, the best solution would be to have the phone make the annoying sound for longer before it dials 911.
Not that long ago, I was driving, someone pulled out in front of me. I hit the breaks very hard. The alarm went off, I pulled over to a safe spot, grabbed the phone and turned off the noise before it called 911. The system worked.
It's far better to have 100 false positives than have a single person knocked out at the bottom of a canyon and not get help. The phone warns you before it dials 911. It gives you time to swipe the switch that says, "No. Don't call." Perhaps they should just make the delay a bit longer.
As you can see, it already does. It makes an insanely loud noise before it dials. You can't ignore it unless you have been knocked senseless.
If they can’t get something as straight forward as this to work reliably- I fear for the apple car
I always assumed this would be linked to CarPlay being active since it is supposed to be a CAR CRASH detection feature …
Here in London, it’s triggered when I got off the train and I had to quickly disable it
Gee, and months ago several people here voted me down when I opined having this on by default was a bad idea...
That's not good. I wonder if this feature will be a net positive or net negative in the end. Either way, Apple may have to tweak the feature with a software update.
Especially here, where they had and have a moral responsibility (IMHO) to the public to NOT do this with regard to emergency services. But, it's Apple.... they do what they want, save for extreme public and political pressure.
Btw since 2018, every car sold in the EU are equipped with the eCall system, it does the same just more accurately obviously. Maybe a similar regulation in the US would be helpful.
Since this from Ohio and seems to be missing critical information like how many calls a day and how many of them are by accident from other sources, I'm taking all this with a grain of salt as everyone should. Ohio has almost 6 mill 911 calls a year https://www.911.gov/issues/911-stats-and-data/.