CRAsh Detection And Response (CRADAR)

What on earth is that ? I hear you say.

I came across this on another site and can't believe I've not heard of it before as its a great idea, Its not available for all smart phones yet and at the moment its for Andriod only but

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Have just downloaded the FREE, yes FREE app from the play store and it seems to work (dropped my phone onto the couch to test it)...have a look and see what you think...

Brilliant app if it works as well when out and about if you ask me ! could be a life saver me thinks
Could also be handy for TomCom if he continues to crash bikes ;-)

very clever looking app there, shame I am on an iphone

will keep an eye on it and when I hear of it being released on the iphone then will give peeps a shout

Not a good idea when I drop my handbag in the corner of the office and it sits there all morning.

I suppose it would be useful for climbers/walkers/pot holers too?

Good idea for old people if they could understand how to use a mobile phone first!

could always just turn it on when going for a ride out? make it part of the pre ride bike check etc

Good idea if you're on your own.

Nice find

Infact this is a sticky me thinks

Apparently the down side is you're only allowed one emergency contact so if that person doesn't answer their phone your back to square one.

Read the reviews from people that use it, they're not massively impressed. Sensitivity & GPS appears to be an issue.


'this app is fantastic! The only problem I have with this app is that I can only select one emergency contact. What happens if my emergency contact is unavailable? I will be dead in the middle of the road. There should be a sequence of contacts or all contact should be contacted at the same time. If space is a problem, make the contact list a max of 10 contacts. Otherwise I should be able to select as many contacts as I want to receive an emergency broadcast.'

sheesh, you just cant please some people can you LOL :-) surely having at least a chance of someone picking up is better than having nothing at all and less of a chance of someone laying in a ditch for x amount of days and not being found :-). I can understand that it wouldnt work very well if you were in outer mongolia and dont have a phone signal but even so...with any luck future versions would get better GPS and more features.

LOL @ Ellie handbag...ok ok, probably not good but at least it would test how much attention your emergency contact is paying to your texts etc LOL

I agree ,vinny, even with it's flaws, it's better than nothing, and you're certainly no worse off than if you had nothing or your emergency contact doesn't pick up the text message it sends. And as with most things, a search provided results that uncovered other "free" apps along simillar lines as this one so it's not Hobson's choice

On balance, I stickied this topic because no one else had (apart from ICE cards/tags), brought this sort of app (which I still think is a damned good idea) to our attention before.

Sounds great, just wait for the iPhone version (which will no doubt cost us!!)

I'm sure if you search the app store you'll probably find one for the iphone. There's more than just this particular app wot does the same thing.

Yeah there appears to be a similar one for iPhone called Accident alert. It can be configured to send a message to multiple recipients and also emits an alarm. Quick thinking Apple though it is a paid app but £1.99 is a very small price to pay if it works.

Trouble is as with a lot of apps on Apple they don't always work and unfortunately there are no reviews so I may have to just dip my toe and find out.

0ldcat wrote:I'm sure if you search the app store you'll probably find one for the iphone. There's more than just this particular app wot does the same thing.

"App store" Tel, how very techy of you

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Me Techy ???

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Me Techy ???

Can't be a pic of you Tel it's got too much Hair!

It's in essence a grand idea, just maybe needs tweaking.

Emergency services have a problem going through phones to find next of kin and phoning randomly as you have to be 100% sure you've got the right person to deliver bad news. I have known bikers carrying other people's wallets etc and the wrong person being informed and NOK aren't a priority when you have a poorly patient. Because believe it or not if a mistakes made, once people are better they're very quick to complain lol.

I once cut off the trousers of a bike that had arrested and cut through a £20 note accidentily, sure enough a little while later he put in a complaint, even though we'd saved his life.


Maybe this app would stop the dilemma, maybe it would phone the person the rider wants phoning, rather than the next of kin, As a medical professional tho, only NOK would be contacted not necessarily the 'significant other'.

I've also been stood next to a dead biker with his wife frantically trying to phone him and not being able to answer as I don't know for sure, she's the next of kin.

I am a lone worker also that visits people in their own home, maybe something like this could be developed to help lone workers too?

And with all due respect......if I came off my bike and needed attention, it isn't Nick or my mother id want informing immediately, it would the emergency services!

ellie wrote:

Good idea for old people if they could understand how to use a mobile phone first!

Oi, who are you calling old?

But it's true, I've never seen the need for a smartphone, once I go out of the house I like to be alone, so I just have a basic mobile. Maybe something like this app might convert me, though - I do a fair bit of hiking and mountain biking, as well as trail riding, when I'm down in the Pyrenees, and a lot of the trails I use don't see another person from one week to the next. Only problem is - much of the time there isn't a signal!

What the hell, it's worth it for the scenery (taken about a month ago):

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Well jealous Bob

Stunning.

Sounds like a potentially very useful app - shame it ain't on the Iphone yet as that is wot I have.

Well jealous of the pics Bob - So how do you organise your fuel stop Bob?

Snowcat wrote:Trouble is as with a lot of apps on Apple they don't always work and unfortunately there are no reviews so I may have to just dip my toe and find out.

This app sounds like a great idea especially with improvements already mentioned

Although snowcat I wouldn't advise you try too hard to 'put it to the test'...bikes tend to function best with the rider ON them...or so I've heard [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Tel,, is that a pic of me ???

'Cat-Man-Do wrote:

Snowcat wrote:Trouble is as with a lot of apps on Apple they don't always work and unfortunately there are no reviews so I may have to just dip my toe and find out.

This app sounds like a great idea especially with improvements already mentioned

Although snowcat I wouldn't advise you try too hard to 'put it to the test'...bikes tend to function best with the rider ON them...or so I've heard [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Yeah I was thinking more about buying the app and then maybe dropping my phone, not throwing myself off the bike lol