Comment on How to opt out of the privacy nightmare that comes with new Hondas

• 0x0@programming.dev ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Depending on the crash you could be unable to reach for the phone.

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  • cyborganism@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No! I mean everybody else! Someone else is going to call for help.

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    • nyan@lemmy.cafe ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That depends a lot on where you drive. I’ve been in situations where, if I had hit a moose, there would have been no one around to call for help except the moose (assuming it had survived the collision, but they often do if it’s a smaller vehicle). That stretch of road didn’t get many passers-by on snowy Sunday nights in January. Maybe a half-dozen vehicles an hour. Combine that with poor visibility, and it could have been a long time before someone noticed and called for help. Fortunately, I never did have an accident along that stretch.

      Of course, if you’re only driving in built-up areas or along major transit corridors instead of in awkward parts of northern Ontario in the middle of winter, your chances of having someone call in for you are much higher.

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      • cyborganism@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Does OnStar even work in far out regions like this? Is there even any cell reception? If not then that point is pretty irrelevant.

        And if it’s so far out, would emergency services even arrive in time to save you anyways?

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  • aniki@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Don’t make life choices based on outliers

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