Did you know, if you wipe out while skiing, your phone thinks you were in a car accident? I had read a few stories about the new iPhone crash detection calling emergency services when someone would ride a roller coaster. I thought it was kinda funny that this was happening and delighted in the idea that some 911 operator would be listening in on someones ride on the [https://www.silverwoodthemepark.com/rides/timber-terror.php](Timber Terror).
Let me set the record straight, it’s not fun to tell the 911 operator that you are fine, that you weren’t in a car wreck, but you were double ejected from your skis going 25 miles per hour down a hill. For those concerned souls, I’m fine. I’m a little sore but no permanent damage. I also didn’t realize that the emergency contact I keep in my phone would get a text with my current location and a message of Crash Detected SOS. User called emergency services from this approximate location after iPhone detected a crash. You’re receiving this message because User has listed you as an emergency contact. I think in most cases it would freak that person out, but good for me my emergency contact is my mom, who doesn’t do texts. Took about 5 hours for her to reply with “what is this?”
I’m glad this feature exists, and I hope I don’t really have to use it anytime soon. If you also have a newer iPhone, decide to go skiing, and maybe aren’t super good, make sure to turn it off. It’s not fun to breathlessly explain you’re just not good at a sport to someone who had Steve Job’s ghost just call them.