andreas17777 Posted January 23, 2017 Posted January 23, 2017 Hi everyone, i'm just writing this to say how impressed I am with Garmin's accident detection feature on their devices. Last week I fell while doing sprints (my cleat came loose from my pedal) and luckily I fell left into the road and my bicycle went right where a car went over it. In this process my garmin detected that I was in a accident and a alarm went off on the garmin, this sent a sms to my emergency contacts which informed them that I was in an accident. This is an awesome feature and would advice all cyclists to use it if you have a garmin. P.S. check your cleats and don't make the same stupid mistake I made.
coppi Posted January 23, 2017 Posted January 23, 2017 Do all the garmin devices have this feature? I have a 520 and was not aware of it......
Schnavel Posted January 23, 2017 Posted January 23, 2017 Do all the garmin devices have this feature? I have a 520 and was not aware of it...... It's a new feature that came with the latest update. I'm not sure which models can use it, but the 520 is definitely one of them... Works like a charm!
thisismyotherbike Posted January 23, 2017 Posted January 23, 2017 Did it send your emergency contacts your location as well? Would be useful if you were knocked unconscious
coppi Posted January 23, 2017 Posted January 23, 2017 I think I have the 510 then ( the touch screen one )
andreas17777 Posted January 23, 2017 Author Posted January 23, 2017 Ive got a 520 and use beacon aswell to show my location to my parents and gf, this is the sms that was sent
Slowbee Posted January 23, 2017 Posted January 23, 2017 is this costing you anything ? I mean, how does Garmin get to send the message ?
andreas17777 Posted January 23, 2017 Author Posted January 23, 2017 Not that I know of, my device is connected to my phone so it probably just uses my phone's internet to send the message.
Stretch Posted January 23, 2017 Posted January 23, 2017 i guess you have to have your phone with you and it uses bluetooth?
andreas17777 Posted January 23, 2017 Author Posted January 23, 2017 Here's a link to read more: https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/08/releases-explore-edition.html
Slowbee Posted January 23, 2017 Posted January 23, 2017 thanks chaps ... so unless you have your phone with you, and battery life and signal and and and, the system is rendered useless inefficient. But still a fantastic feature !
Eon du Plessis Posted January 23, 2017 Posted January 23, 2017 thanks chaps ... so unless you have your phone with you, and battery life and signal and and and, the system is rendered useless inefficient. But still a fantastic feature !Well, unfortunately we're constrained by the laws of physics. It's a damn nice feature. Probably not great for mountainbikers of less ability (like myself) though.
Long Wheel Base Posted January 23, 2017 Posted January 23, 2017 I use the LiveTrack feature from garmin connect on my 520. My wife is loaded as one of my contacts(not sure how many you can have but its more than 1). When I go for a ride I simply have BT on both edge and phone and start LiveTrack. My wife gets an email with a link and she can see where I am and where I have been. She see's my speed as well. I got a message on connect the other day about the accident thing but haven't activated it yet.
Donovan Le Cok Posted December 20, 2018 Posted December 20, 2018 Has anyone noticed recently that the Garmin Incident Detection has become really sensitive? In the last two weeks, it goes off once or twice every ride. It has never done that in the past and actually worked really well. Now I just want to turn it off... Would be good to know if anyone else has noticed anything.
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