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iPhone 14's Crash Detection Mistaking Roller Coaster Rides for Car Crashes
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Depends on the coaster. Jurassic Park Velocicoaster at Universal made us take everything out of our pockets and put it into lockers. We even had to go through a metal detector.
But other coasters at the same park didn't have this requirement.
It probably depends on specific ride factors like how likely it is for an ejected object to hit another rider or spectator.
For Onstar, you have to have a qualified plan (which MANY people let expire) OnStar plan, working electrical system, cell reception and GPS signal required.
OnStar services. The most basic plan is the Connected Vehicle plan and this costs $24.99 per month. With this plan, you get services like vehicle location and remote personalization. The next plan is the Safety and Security plan, which costs $29.99 per month. This plan includes OnStar's safety features, like roadside assistance and automatic crash detection but does not include the connected services found in the Connected Vehicle plan.
To combine the features of the Connected Vehicle plan and the Safety and Security plan, you'll want the Essentials plan. This plan costs $39.99 per month and includes all of the features found in the other two plans
For Ford Synch’s crash detection: The vehicle's electrical system (including the battery), the wireless service provider's signal, and a connected mobile phone must all be available and operating for 911 Assist to function properly. These systems may become damaged in a crash. The paired mobile phone must be connected to SYNC, and the 911 Assist feature enabled, in order for 911 to be dialed. When the feature is ON, 911 Assist uses your paired and connected mobile phone to assist
Apple’s approach is ”free” and always with you, including in other people’s cars, Ubers and cabs, that may not be equipped. A majority of the cars on the road do NOT have a crash notification/EMER service feature. The car’s electrical system must be working, the car’s cell antenna must survive the accident. The iPhone is self contained and generally more survivable than the vehicle’s integrated components that all need to work. Electing to disable a safety feature, no matter how unlikely the chance is that you will be in an accident in which it could buy you life-saving minutes, is simply stupid IMO. There is no harm to you if it gives a rare “false” detection, which you would likely decline. But in the accidents that do occur, like a teen hitting a tree, or rolling down a dark embankment, on some rural back road at 3:00am, it truly could be the difference in surviving.
“automatic crash notification in cars is to reduce the response time by immediately determining that an event has occurred. According to published analysis of emergency response calls, each minute of response time, represents a 7% reduction in mortality”
Should be a fun (for testing) bug to fix. Always unintended things pop up after you deploy software / features.
Well the g forces designed into a rollercoaster ride are in a safe range while those in a major crash are a lot higher.
It has happened since I remember a story awhile back ago when a rollercoaster passenger was injured by somebody’s cellphone and she asked the publics help in identifying the person on the amusement park surveillance tape so they could sue them for the injuries they sustained. But if you want to play the lottery you can just do not be surprised if you lose.
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There needs to be more moderation here to get rid of these blind fanatics. We are all here for our appreciation of their devices but the crazies come out in full force to show their undying loyalty in anything that could be seen as negative against Apple.
I live next to cedar point... I'm there 10 times a year and I only have to put my phone in a locker for 1 ride
Yeah exactly. Put the control and responsibility into the user’s hands. I know personal responsibility is a foreign concept anymore but hey, I’m old fashioned like that.
My guess that call was not for you but for the other person’s protection. 😏
I think this is more of an irresponsible user not an Apple problem since cell phones should not be on rollercoasters considering their is people who have gotten hurt by cellphones flying out of peoples pockets and injuring a rider.
If the past few years haven't proven this already... albeit devices of the state, not phones necessarily...
but but but it didn't work in the junkyard where the iPhone failed to notice some car crashes and the rollercoaster.
Is it really a million hours?
Just curious do you think the person operating the ride takes everyone’s phone away? Let’s finish your thought process.
Wow people have gotten so reliant on their phones. We have done this before cell phones were a thing and as common as they are now. “Let’s meet back here in X amount of time”. How did people get by in the 80s or 90s or earlier wow!!!
Worse, what if you get into an accident in a parking lot next to a roller coaster? What is the error acceptance for position these days?
Most parks also have a skinny jeans rule. So if you are wearing skinny jeans its perfectly fine to have your phone in your pocket.
No JNCO jeans though.
Is this a serious reply? Of course they do. Parks like Disney and Universal are packed every day of the week all year round. Some rides have wait times of 1 to 2 hours in the queue.
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