New Alternative to PLB

It's not in production yet so there is not yet a price.

Hi Greg

Commercial aircraft do have inertia activated ELTs.

Cheers, Baz

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It is an alternative Greg. Maybe not one that presses all your buttons but an alternative nevertheless. What adjective would you have me use in a headline?
And there IS an "SOS" button......
Did you read the text?
"It is triggered by sensors on impact, by fire, when submerged in water, on airbag deployment or even self-activated using an SOS button."

"Commercial aircraft do have inertia activated ELTs"

Going off topic but would seem that if they do then MH370 was some sort of exception but dont know full story. Maybe they don't work too well under a few kms of water.

Cheers
Greg

Hello Allan - yeah sorry I didn’t read the text. As stated in my post it was an assumption (did you read that :).

So - after this reassessment I suppose its rates as an "alternative" but only for a subset of the population (i.e. those that never go on a holiday/trip without their car or don't get more than a few hundred metres from it). Others would have to consider having both (and other options such as sat phones).

As you asked, would suggest "alternative/addition" as being a better title :) but it doesn't matter. I'm never going to search "alternative". Its the content that matters and its a very interesting subject.

Cheers
Greg

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Thanks Greg, Agree that it is certainly not an equivalent to PLB, Satphone, SPOT and other devices, but it is an alternative which may suit some people.

From studying the website it would appear to consist of an installed head-unit connected to antennae and possibly some sensors, and a remote control which includes an SOS button.

Here are some grabs from their website to save some from trawling through it:

"Manual and automatic SOS alert to 000, 911 or 112 emergency numbers"

"Black Box crash data recording for 2-5 minutes before crash"

"Configurable via Bluetooth (eg: set In Case of Emergency contact details)"

"Transmits via satellite and GSM/GPRS"

"Dead reckoning (location estimate if GPS signal loss)"

"Records and transmits location, vehicle, fire, immersion and hazmat details"

"IMR Sentinel has been designed from the ground up to comply with eCall; the Pan-European cellular emergency system for motor vehicles. The EU has estimated that the introduction of the eCall directive will save 2500 lives per year across the EU through faster response times. By knowing the exact location and time of an accident it is estimated that there will be a 50% reduction in response times in rural areas and 40% reduction in response times in urban areas throughout Europe. The EU has mandated that all new cars sold after March 2018 will require an eCall-compliant crash alert device."

Don't think we will see it in Australia in the near future. I'll hang on to my satphone for a bit longer.

I would think it would be tied to the airbag system, measures g force, ascertains the vehicle has rolled over or it has ended up in a watercourse.

I would think that once one of these criteria are meet, most occupants would be injured and require medical treatment.

No doubt it could be cancelled by the driver if all was ok.

Assuming you can get to the cancel switch.

Iza

From the company's website...

"In the event of a serious crash., an instant alert is sent with the GPS location and vehicle particulars via the 000 emergency call network. A call is then made directly to the vehicle to check on the driver and passengers."

Cheers, Baz - The Landy

Thanks Baz
It follows that they can only follow up where there is mobile coverage, either Telstra or Optus depending on where you are.
Cheers
Andrew

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Andrew, the product is not yet available for sale so no-one can answer your questions. Why not wait for full information before anticipating its operation?

I have 'registered my interest' and will keep the forum abreast of developments.

Dean, Toyota didn't develop that, a South Australia company called Cohda ( adhoc backwards). It was a marketing beat up invented by the advertising company that does both companies. Got a lot of press for something that doesn't work.

For it to work you would have to line up suitably fitted vehicles passing within 100m from your accident site back to a base. A simple store and forward system. It was pure and simple PR unfortunately.