Interesting that they choose to deploy this only for devices that are
such fast-growing major threats to traffic safety (and privacy, and
arguably public health). It'd be more useful to be able to run the app
on a real computer, using photos and witness videos uploaded from a real
camera, so the user can decide with whom s/he wants to share the
information instead of trusting a major corporate university to keep it
"anonymous".
On 2013/12/13 10:40, Kevin Luecke wrote:
Hello All.
I wanted to give heads up about a nice new crash reporting app
recently released by Boston University:
http://www.bu.edu/bikesafety/cycling-safety/accident-toolkit/
The app is nice and clean and prompts you to take good notes, photos
and even voice recording of witness statements. It also asks if you'd
like to upload the crash data (time, date, location) to an anonymous
database that BU will track and share with the jurisdictions, enabling
tracking of non-police involved crashes.
Apps like this are particularly important for non-injury crashes that
police may be slow to respond to. Even if not injured, the adrenaline
from having been involved in a crash can make it difficult to properly
assess your condition and gather data that you may need for an
insurance claim.
The developer has a 2-month hold on working with anyone else, but he
retained the IP rights and is hoping to roll this out with other
universities/communities, customized to their locality. It would be
great to see the City or UW roll this or something similar out
(ideally jointly).
The whole website (and their overall safety program) are a great model
for safety education, too.
Kevin
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