If you ride a roller coaster with iPhone 14, the police will be notified
'The Owner of This iPhone Was in a Severe Car Crash'—or Just on a Roller Coaster - WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-owner-of-this-iphone-was-in-a-severe-car-crashor-just-on-a-roller-coaster-11665314944
According to Joanna Stern, a journalist for The Wall Street Journal, since the iPhone 14 was launched, a 911 dispatch center near
Since the iPhone 14 went on sale, the 911 dispatch center near Kings Island amusement park has received at least six phones calls saying:
— Joanna Stern (@JoannaStern) October 9, 2022
“The owner of this iPhone was in a severe car crash...”
Except, the owner was just on a roller coaster.
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In September 2022, an emergency team rushed to the scene, but returned without being able to identify the problem. It seems that there was also a fix.
This is due to a malfunction of the 'collision detection' function that detects collisions with the gyro sensor and high gravity acceleration sensor installed in the iPhone 14. With this feature, when the phone senses an accident, the phone will display an emergency call slider and a cancel button, but if the owner does not respond after 10 seconds, the phone will make a loud sound.
If the owner still does not respond, the device will notify the emergency call service. At this time, the 911 call center receives a voice message telling that the owner has been in an accident and the sound picked up by the microphone of the terminal, so the operator hears the music of the amusement park and the cheers of people enjoying the attractions. will be heard.
This situation has raised confusion from the emergency call service. 'We're very vigilant about calls because we have to review every call,' said Melissa Boole, director of emergency services for Warren County, Ohio, which serves Kings Island. I'm used to reports that aren't, but the dispatch center will be exhausted,' he commented.
Roller coasters aren't the only source of false positives. On September 17, iPhone 14 Pro Max user Douglas Saunders dropped his device somewhere while enjoying a highway touring on a motorcycle.
This caused the iPhone to falsely detect a crash, call 911, and send a text message to emergency contacts about the problem. Mr. Sonders' girlfriend and mother, who were registered as emergency contacts, were informed that Mr. Sonders was involved in the accident. On the other hand, Mr. Sonders, who does not know that, went to the Apple Store with a friend who was touring together and was about to buy a new terminal.
Eventually, Mr. Sonders' girlfriend and mother were able to contact a friend of Mr. Sonders and confirm that Mr. Sonders was in good health. ``I lost my best friend in a car accident, so I panicked and imagined the worst,'' Sonders' girlfriend Gabriel Kennedy told The Wall Street Journal. increase.
In October, a car crashed into a tree in Lincoln, Nebraska, and the collision detection function reported it. Although all six occupants died in this accident, it was confirmed that collision detection works during traffic accidents.
According to an Apple spokesperson, the collision detection algorithm uses more than 1 million hours of accident data, as well as data from driving records and crash tests. However, some roller coasters and attractions have sudden braking that is similar to the sudden deceleration in a traffic accident, so false positives often occur.
If you want to prevent false positives, you can avoid it by turning off the device's collision detection function or setting it to airplane mode before getting on the attraction. In addition, a spokesperson for Kings Island Amusement Park said that for safety reasons, the use of phones on rides is prohibited, and that anything that can easily pop out of your pocket or come off your body should be firmly fixed.
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