I love to run. As a female, it can be dangerous to run alone - so my question is - would it be possible to add a 911 button to a runner's watch, like a Garmon or something similar.
The button could be covered with a hard plastic bubble that could easily be flipped up, but would protect the button so that it wouldn't be exposed to any slight touch of the hand.
The emergency button could be programmed with your contact info and also have a small GPS tracking system, so that the runner's location could easily be found. My ideal would be that an email would be sent to 911 with the runner's contact info and location. It might be nice to have a phone option built in as well.
Hopefully runners would still take precautions, but having emergency options would aid the runner against unpredictable situations, injuries or possible attacks.
Sounds like a great idea to me. I wonder if it would be anything like the beacons that back country skiers use?
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