2 Responses to “OnStar’s Command Center”

1. Louis Mayer:
   July 18th, 2007 at 2:42 am

   Ah, they’re “data mining” and passing information along to local, state and federal government officials? It would be interesting to know what information they obtain from customers and passing along. I’m assuming it has something to do with natural disasters, evacuations, etc., but in this day and age, who knows?

   By the way, OnStar may be reporting all sorts of accident data to emergency medical agencies. However, the EMS systems haven’t caught up with OnStar yet. The information is useful only in an ordinary way. There aren’t any state or national standards for EMS responses based on that information (speed, direction, roll-over, etc.). So that advantage of collecting and passing long this info is pretty minimal right now.

   By the way, the odds of dying in a vehicle accident during your lifetime is one in 237 (http://www.nsc.org/lrs/statinfo/odds.htm). Consider that when deciding whether you might need OnStar for something really serious.

2. Anonymous:
   July 18th, 2007 at 9:05 pm

   In reply to the EMS portion of the previous posters comment, although there is no standard, many agencies have SOP’s for handling certain types of accidents. For instance, when our county is dispatched to a reported roll over or head on collision, an air ambulance is automatically dispatched. 1:237 are fairly good chances, I’ve seen several fatal accidents.

   It definitely helps to know as much info as you can as you’re responding.

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