When 80,000 people dance at a live festival, false alarms occur one after another due to the iPhone 14's collision detection function

The iPhone 14 series is equipped with a function called ' collision detection ' that detects the impact and automatically contacts the emergency call service and emergency contacts in the event of a severe car collision. It is reported that a large number of false alarms due to this collision detection occurred at a live festival attended by more than 80,000 people.

New Apple feature leads to accidental 911 calls at Bonnaroo Music Festival
https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/new-apple-feature-spurs-false-911-calls-at-bonnaroo-music-festival/

iPhone 14's Crash Detection blamed for 5x increase in false 911 calls at Bonnaroo festival - 9to5Mac
https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/24/iphone-14-crash-detection-bonnaroo-festival/

Over 80,000 people gathered at the Bonnaroo Music Festival in Tennessee, USA from June 15-18, 2023. This Bonnaroo music festival is held every year, and due to the large number of visitors, troubles inevitably occur, and many false alarms occur.

However, according to Scott Leduc, Director of the 911 Communication Center in Coffee County, Tennessee, USA, the number of false alarms during the Bonnaroo Music Festival in 2023 was about five times the usual number.

The sudden increase in false alarms, only in 2023, was caused by crash detection on the iPhones held by festival-goers as they danced to a live performance, Leduc said. says.

The 911 Communication Center, who rushed to the scene and realized that it was a false report, contacted Apple, and the collision accident detection was activated by the visitors dancing and colliding during the live, and the false reports were rushing. I told you. According to Leduc, Apple offered to send an engineer to the festival to help sort out the situation and solve the problem, but in the end it was solved by telephone exchange.

In addition, when local police announced to concert goers to disable crash detection on their iPhones, the number of false calls decreased by 40 to 60 percent, Leduc said.

In addition, there are cases where the collision detection of the iPhone malfunctions even at attractions such as roller coasters . It is reported that there were 134 false reports in one month to the fire department in charge of rescue.

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