Feature Request: Crash Detection

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Tom Joyner

Seeing as the Karoo 2 has an onboard accelerometer, gyroscope, onboard LTE connection and can connect to various sensors i.e speed/cadence etc would it be possible to implement a crash detection similar to the on Garmin devices when sensing an abrupt halt?

I had an accident the other day and although I was fine realised its a feature I definitely miss from my Edge 520.

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    Lammert

    Same request! Would be great to have this feature. I now still have to use my Garmin device on risky rides.

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    Steven Roosendaal

    This would be even better than connection with Angi. Please quick integration?

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    Adrian Garland

    I agree this would be a really good enhancement. I too got knocked off recently and a feature like this could have been invaluable if the circumstances were different.

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    Gerry Stephenson

    Just add this feature now instead of waiting for “more customer requests” it should be a required feature for safety across all bike computers. Make It So!!

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    Hugo Miguel de Sousa Frade

    It would be great to have this feature! One more vote from me!

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    Roberto

    We need this feature!! I want to join the community with the karoo 2 but without this feature I will buy another garmin sadly...

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    Jesus Gomez Rey

    I have bought Karoo 2 few days ago, i was looking for this feature but i could not find it, now i know it is not available, it is a big surprise for me, I think this is maybe more important feature to develop.

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    David Svehla

    Please add this feature. I just come from Garmin 530 and I was shocked that this basic but very important feature is missing on Karoo 2. Livetracking is ok but it has different use case and can't replace crash detection. And please don't tie it with need to use SIM card. I tried it, it is nice to have data in the device but the battery is going down even faster :( 

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    Brent Nykoliation

    This should be a basic feature on the Karoo2 like Garmin. MAKE IT HAPPEN!

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    Mari

    This would be a great feature add. I agree that it would be better than the Angi integration.

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    Nelson Novaes Neto

    Today we had the launch of the Karoo3. Does anyone know if it already has the crash and incident detection feature working? Just waiting for that to switch my Garmin to the Karoo.

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    David Figueres

    No crach detection feature added on this version. 

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    Antonio Torres

    Same request. I had a small crash yesterday in the field and went amnesiac. If I was alone, it would have being not so great.
    Miss that feature from my previous edge 830.
    Thanks a lot!

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    Michael
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    Had this feature on my previous GPS (Garmin 1040) and turned it off.

    A lot of false alarms while riding over cobblestones ..... useless.

     

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    Scott Barger

    @Michael Garmin uses basic thresholds to trigger alarms. It works relatively well on paved roads where the majority of input falls within those thresholds, but try jumping off a curb and stopping at a red light or roll across cobbles as you've experienced and the simple model breaks down. As a result, pretty much everyone I know turns the Garmin alerts off when riding offroad. 

    The proper way to implement crash detection is not with a simple algorithm employing fixed thresholds, but with models that can be trained and tuned over time using the huge amount of data we all generate. It wouldn't be super difficult to develop a TensorFlow model that lives on the device and gets updated from time to time from the server which continually learns from everyone's riding behavior and crash data.

    TL:DR. The technology exists today to make crash detection a valuable feature that would meaningfully provide peace of mind and IMHO help Karoo (and SRAM) stand out from the rest. 

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    Lawrence
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    Coros has made this a basic feature with the new released Coros Dura.
    I don't understand why SRAM Hammerhead is taking such a long time to add a rider safely feature.

    I believe this post is three years old.... 

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