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NeverLookBothWays t1_j6jbm0r wrote

Reply to comment by zebrahdh in iPhone crash detection feature makes 100 false calls by speckz

The question really becomes, who is liable for associated fees with unnecessary calls? The phone's owner? Or Apple?

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[deleted] t1_j6k8o57 wrote

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NeverLookBothWays t1_j6kii0c wrote

The United States, and the severity is dependent on state and local agency. You will get fines for false alarms in many cases…so my question is, who would be ultimately liable?

(It’s a court based question so more rhetorical here)

(Edit: for those downvoting, take a look at Port St. Lucie who has introduced fines for repeated MISTAKE calls. And this was before the problem of SOS mode which has increased the strain of mistake calls)

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Nickjet45 t1_j6kme3o wrote

You get fines for intentional false calls.

There’s a difference between prank calling 911, and calling 911 because you misunderstood the severity of a situation. Now let the latter happen multiple times, they may fine you.

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NeverLookBothWays t1_j6kn970 wrote

(Edit: Not sure why this is being downvoted, accidental 911 calls have been enough of a strain that some cities have introduced fines for repeat offenders. SOS has increased these incidents even further.)

Intentional as well as repeated "mistake" calls.

There's a threshold for when it becomes problematic for emergency responders, so don't doubt that action will be taken at some point on these. (take a look at Port St. Lucie as an example of this). But this also makes me think the FCC might go after Apple on this one when it does get to that point.

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miraculum_one t1_j6l1568 wrote

Not just fees. If there is a real emergency when one first responder is responding to a fake one, someone might not get saved. It seems that false alarms are somewhat common in a concentrated area (ski resorts) so this is not implausible.

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