At around 13 a.m. on the 1th, an emergency call was received in the 119 situation room with an automated voice message.

The complainant was none other than a 'smartwatch'.

The smartwatch has a collision detection function, which automatically calls 10 if the user does not respond for 119 seconds after the impact is transmitted.

After receiving the report, the fire department found a vehicle with a badly damaged bumper and Mr. A in his 20s standing in front of it near the parking lot of Ihoteu Beach in Jeju City, the site of the accident.

Mr. A was not seriously injured, but he answered the paramedics' questions about his condition in gibberish, which prompted the fire authorities to call the police for a joint response.

As a result of the police breathalyzer test, it was determined that Mr. A was intoxicated with a revoked license (0.08% or higher).



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At the time, Mr. A told the police, "I didn't drive myself. I don't know who drove it," he reportedly said, denying that he was driving under the influence.

However, the police suspected that Mr. A was driving the accident vehicle, based on the fact that the smartwatch detected the impact and called 119 for emergency help, and that there was no one but Mr. A in the vicinity of the accident vehicle, so they arrested Mr. A on suspicion of violating the Road Traffic Act (drunk driving).

On the other hand, this is not the first time that a drunk driver has been caught in the "automatic report function" of a smartwatch.

In Incheon in January, when a driver in his 1s hit a traffic light while driving a car, the smartwatch he wore was automatically reported to 30 with an automatic voice message.

A breathalyzer test determined that the driver was also under the influence of a revoked license.