Car crash sensor will call cops.SCIENTISTS have developed a car sensor that alerts emergency services emergency services Emergency care '…services …necessary to prevent death or serious impairment of health and, because of the danger to life or health, require the use of the most accessible hospital available and equipped to furnish those services' when a crash happens. The life-saving system, called E-merge, even sends a text message in the local language detailing where the accident occurred. The device is activated by the same sensor that triggers an airbag and uses satellite technology. Experts believe it could save 6000 lives a year. It automatically makes a call to the local emergency services giving the car's make, model, colour and licence number licence number n → (número de) matrícula licence number n (Brit) (Aut) → numéro m d'immatriculation licence number . EU-funded researchers are testing the system, according to New Scientist magazine. Jim Hammond, an expert in vehicle technology at the Association of Chief Police Officers The Association of Chief Police Officers or ACPO is the lead organisation for developing police policy in the United Kingdom (except Scotland in times of national need, for example terrorist attacks, ACPO coordinates the strategic operational response. , said: ''We can waste a large amount of time searching for an incident.'' |
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