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Download rockers told to take off smartwatches after moshpit ‘collisions’ cause accidental 999 calls

Police received nearly 700 false emergency alerts from Leicestershire heavy metal event last yearWhen hundreds of 999 calls came in from fans at the Download festival two years ago, the emergency services must have thought a disaster was unfolding at the three-day heavy metal gig in Leicestershire.In fact, the calls were made automatically from smartwatches and other devices worn by fans because “the tech assumed that people in moshpits had been in a collision”, according to Leicestershire police. Continue reading...


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