There are many amusement park attractions that rely on the use of iPhones to track riders’ progress and provide information about the ride. Some amusement park attractions even require customers to have an iPhone in order to use their ride. One such attraction is a roller coaster called “The Beast” at Six Flags Great America. The coaster uses an iPhone app to track riders’ progress and provide information about the ride. In order for the coaster to use this data, it needs to be enabled for users in the app. In order for “The Beast” to use this data, it needs to be enabled for users in the app. However, some people may not want their iPhones disabled while they are on the ride. This is because disabling iPhone Crash Detection can cause problems when trying to take pictures or videos of the ride or when trying to use other apps on their phone. If you are one of these people, then you should consider disabling iPhone Crash Detection on your roller coaster before going into it.
The sudden turns, brakes, and movement of roller coasters can apparently make an iPhone 14 or 14 Pro think that the owner was in an actual car crash. When the phone’s car crash detection feature is triggered, it will call emergency services and notify emergency contacts that you were in a crash unless you’re fast enough to stop it. The issue has been reported by several people across amusement parks in the United States.
When it comes to car crashes, you absolutely need the feature to work in an actual car crash. However, having it triggered by things such as a roller coaster ride can make your emergency contacts worry unnecessarily, and could actually get you in trouble as well, as your phone is calling emergency services to make an erroneous report.
Apple told the Wall Street Journal in a statement that car crash detection is “extremely accurate in detecting severe crashes,” and the company has already optimized it to avoid false positives — but apparently, not well enough. For the moment, try to remember to turn off Crash Detection before you get on Space Mountain.
Source: WSJ
