The commercial shown above implies that your cellphone may not be available in a crash. That is certainly true.
However, OnStar may also not be available. I quote a footnote from OnStar.com's own page about the Automatic Crash Response feature:
OnStar services require vehicle electrical system (including battery), wireless service, and GPS satellite signals to be available and operating for features to function properly.
While watching this commercial on TV tonight, it struck me (no pun intended) that the cellphone, while it did bounce off the front of the vehicle and fly into the back seat, at least it didn't crumple-up as the car did. And what's located in the very front of almost every car? The battery.
So I wonder how many severe crashes - the very kind for which you'd pay for a service like OnStar - occur without OnStar's operators even knowing about it? I wonder if OnStar offers a battery backup solution for the Automatic Crash Response feature? And I wonder, if my cellphone is in its usual place - my pocket - would it fly around as the commercial shows?
Just a thought.
