When a car rats you out for trying to attempt a hit and run…
Cathy Bernstein, a 57-year woman from Florida, really didn’t think this one through. She tried to leave the scene of an accident she caused clearly forgetting that her car had Ford Sync, a system that offers 911 Assist.
We have Ford Sync in South Africa but are yet to get the 911 Assist system. BMW has something similar with BMW’s ConnectedDrive and Intelligent Emergency Call where, if an airbag is deployed, the car automatically contacts the BMW call centre.
But back to Cathy. Police in Florida say that she hit a truck and then rear-ended a minivan before leaving the scene. Her Ford Focus, which was equipped with the 911 Assist system which uses a paired Bluetooth phone to contact 911 in the event of an accident, did exactly what it was designed to do.
Once the car had called 911 a dispatcher called Cathy to confirm:
Dispatcher: … your car called in saying you’ve been involved in an accident. It doesn’t do that for no reason. Did you leave the scene of an accident?
Bernstein: No, I would never do that.
But actually, she did just that! Too bad for her that her car was the one to give her away. She has since been arrested.
Source: Jalopnik