Question about Tracker

[Mr_M]

Hi chaps. I was taking the car for a short drive an hour ago as I am still a learner driver.

I stopped at a stop street that was on an incline and stalled the car, rolled a wee bit before instinct kicked in and I pressed the footbrake then put up the handbrake. I managed to take off properly after that albeit a bit sloppily.

I also braked a bit harder than usual to stop at a stop street, nothing that would make you jerk in your seat and such though.

So the Tracker company calls up my brother just as I park the car (He is the legal owner of the car but I use it), and asks if the vehicle was in an accident because they got a tracker notification around the time I was driving.

What sort of information did the cars tracker unit send back to them that assumed I was in an accident?

 

[XennoX]

Hi chaps. I was taking the car for a short drive an hour ago as I am still a learner driver.

I stopped at a stop street that was on an incline and stalled the car, rolled a wee bit before instinct kicked in and I pressed the footbrake then put up the handbrake. I managed to take off properly after that albeit a bit sloppily.

I also braked a bit harder than usual to stop at a stop street, nothing that would make you jerk in your seat and such though.

So the Tracker company calls up my brother just as I park the car (He is the legal owner of the car but I use it), and asks if the vehicle was in an accident because they got a tracker notification around the time I was driving.

What sort of information did the cars tracker unit send back to them that assumed I was in an accident?

Probably has an accelerometer in it which measures the acceleration or deceleration of the car. This translates into the g-force the car (and anything inside or attached to the car) experiences. A sharp sudden stop will generate a sharp spike in the g-force experienced. In such an incident where a sharp spike is experienced there is a sudden stop followed by metal crumbling, glass shattering and general "Fsck fsck fsck!"

 

[Fazda]

Yes, the system fitted by Discovery monitors your driving all the time, that is how they can reward you for driving properly.

It also warns them of an accident, so you are going to have to start driving a great deal more smoothly, otherwise you will be getting quite a few phone calls!

 

[Sonic2k]

As per above posts.
The computational power required to discern accident forces, from normal driving, is quite intense. I have done it, its not a joke.
It is not something most tracking companies can do yet. I worked for one when I left they were still battling with this.

 

[Mr_M]

Thanks, I suspected something along those lines.

Hot damn! Means I have to learn to drive properly very quickly. I still have some jitters when I'm behind the wheel, mainly because of all the taxis that cut me off and other drivers that shoot red robots. Luckily the big "L" sticker gives me some slack with drivers behind me.

I grazed my left mirror against a taxi a few days back when the taxi in front of me abruptly braked and climbed to the pavement without indicating.