Viper_0 t1_irv2axq wrote on October 11, 2022 at 7:03 AM

This literally happened to me yesterday. Went surfing for a few hours as I normally do on the weekends and left my iPhone 14 Pro Max in my bag inside my car. While surfing, noticed EMS, a firetruck, and a sheriff pulling up at the top of the cliff where I parked my car with my friend (thought nothing of it)

When finally done surfing, I came back to 20+ missed calls from my emergency contacts (parents, brother) and several calls from 911. Turns out my phone in my bag while PARKED detected a "car crash" and let everyone know.

Of course, I couldn't respond because I was surfing for several hours...my parents literally thought I died in a car crash for a moment.

I checked to see if my car had maybe been hit by someone else to see if that triggered it but not everything was perfectly fine just a complete false alarm

RealGregHuman t1_irviizb wrote on October 11, 2022 at 11:00 AM

Were you wearing an Apple Watch? Could that possibly have had any effect? Idk how the tech works but perhaps the phone was scared because of your changing velocity in the ocean? Once again it’s basically magic to me please don’t be mean if I’m super wrong.

Viper_0 t1_irwsqwn wrote on October 11, 2022 at 4:59 PM

That’s a great question! I was not wearing my watch because the ocean water is toxic to it. Fairly certain you can’t swim with the watch in the ocean but perfectly fine in a pool!

locks_are_paranoid t1_itjwvv9 wrote on October 24, 2022 at 4:42 AM

The moment I heard about this feature, I knew that it would lead to false 911 calls. Thankfully I have a Samsung phone which doesn't have these idiotic features.