The Automatic Collision Notification App Is Here!
When you get in a car accident, technology is your best friend. Your seatbelt secures you, your airbags deploy automatically, you call an ambulance or a tow truck on your cell phone, and so on. The protective role of technology just grew some more, as an automatic crash notification phone app called My911 can now eliminate a few more steps from the crash back to security. While your airbags are deploying, your phone will already be making the call that may save your life.
Recently, concepts like Onstar have pushed things further, beginning the emergency response process before you could get your phone out of your pocket. The next step has been to get this automatic collision notification on your smartphone, and My911 has done it.
At first glance, it may seem like this could be asking more of your phone than it was made to handle. But the truth is, smartphones now come equipped with the same technology behind what tells your airbags when to deploy: an accelerometer. If you’ve ever seen a teenager standing in line or sitting at the bus stop, tilting his iphone from side to side, or used an in-phone GPS navigation system and wondered how your phone can track your movement so well, then you’ve seen the accelerometer in action. This same technology has now been patented to recognize crash-like G-forces instead of measuring tilts from side to side.
Since your smartphone comes equipped with GPS, it can handle the entire 911 call on its own. Your phone can explain where you are more accurately and quickly than you can, even if you’re in your own driveway and fully conscious. By combining the technologies of GPS and accelerometers in one handheld device (your smartphone), calling 911 when you are in an accident can be done for you. Your phone is capable of both sensing when you crash and alerting an operator with your location. This way, even if you are knocked unconscious, the emergency response personnel will be sent immediately to your location.
But what if your phone’s mistaken? When a crash is detected, you have the opportunity to cancel the call manually. In addition, your call alerts an operator who attempts to contact you before calling 911 to report your crash. The procedure is simple and brings peace of mind to a new level in a world where car crashes kill and injure so many on a daily basis. It is easy to see how this patent can change the way that emergency response works, making life saving more immediate, secure, and efficient when it matters most. As the versatility of phones increases, peace of mind is certainly one of the positive consequences.
Gregory and Jacob have learned and researched automatic crash response and understand how it work. Check out the My911 site for more details on this car safety device. You can get a free 14-day trial here also.