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Re:Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Wat... by mpoloton on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @07:37AM (#21069702)
You should add to your list thess odds as well

- smart watch correctly detects a crash

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Re:Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Wat... by WA on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @08:47AM (#21070217)
Not sure why you're downvoted, because you are right. There are times when this can fail. Even the damn "stand up once an hour" seems to fail sometimes. Or Siri. Or the watch breaks in the crash.
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Re:Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Wat... by ryanlol on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @11:47AM (#21071881)
>Or the watch breaks in the crash.

This doesn’t seem like a very difficult problem to solve for the vast majority of crashes.

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