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Safety

Look out for each other.

On a long ride, help can be hours away. CoRoute makes sure your group and the people at home know quickly when something goes wrong. It complements emergency services; it does not replace them.

In an emergency in India, call 112 first.

Crash detection

What happens on a crash.

Crash detection runs on your phone for the whole ride, even with the screen locked. Motion data is not sent to us and not stored. You can switch it off in the app.

  1. 1. A hard fall is noticed

    The phone's motion sensors read a hard impact followed by a fall. Ordinary bumps, potholes and braking do not look like that.

  2. 2. 15 seconds to cancel

    A loud alarm and a full-screen countdown open over the lock screen. Dropped the phone while getting off? Tap cancel and nobody is told.

  3. 3. Your group is alerted

    Riders in your group hear a distinct alarm and get a route back to your position.

  4. 4. Guardians are notified

    The family members you added as guardians get a notification and can follow your position on their link.

  5. 5. A text, if there is no internet

    If the alert cannot go over the internet, CoRoute opens a ready-to-send text with your location to your emergency contact, from your own SIM.

  6. 6. Hospital and resolution

    The alert can show the nearest hospital from OpenStreetMap. When the situation is handled, marking it resolved tells everyone who was alerted.

Hold-to-send SOS

Who gets told.

The same people are told whether the alarm is automatic or you hold the SOS button yourself.

  • Your ride group

    An alarm tone, your position, and a route to you. Your own group is always alerted first.

  • Emergency contact by text

    When the internet is down, a ready-to-send text with your location, from your own SIM.

  • Nearby riders

    Riders of other CoRoute groups already on your road, if you allow it. See below.

Riding alone

Solo rides get the same safety.

Riding to the start point alone, or touring solo? Group controls step aside, and every safety feature stays on.

Crash detection
Always on during a rideIt needs no group to work.
Guardian links
Family can follow your solo rideIn any browser, without an account or an app.
Maps without signal
Saved for your routeSo the map still shows on empty stretches.
Break reminders
After about two hours of ridingSolo riders are the ones nobody else reminds.

During the ride

If your phone changes a setting mid-ride, you will know.

Battery savers and accidental taps can switch off location or notifications. CoRoute does not fail silently:

A clear warning on the ride screen

The ride keeps going, and a high-contrast banner tells you what stopped working.

One tap to fix it

Tap the banner to open the right Android settings screen, even with gloves on.

The microphone stays off

Fixing a permission never turns the microphone on. Voice goes out only while you hold Talk.

CoRoute safety networkNew in 3.15

What if another rider can reach you first?

Nearby help works only when other Coroute groups are riding on the same road at that moment. On many roads there will be nobody. Do not count on it.

Before they agree
They see only the road and the distanceNo name, no exact position, no group details.
If they tap "I can help"
They get a route to youYour group sees that help is on the way.
Your choice
You can opt outSwitch off nearby help in the app at any time. Your group is still told.

Guardians and live links

Keep family close, without an app.

Add guardians in the app. They follow the ride in a browser through a PIN-protected link you share, and are notified on a crash, an SOS, a long unexpected stop, or when you go offline for a while. You choose what each link shows, and you can pause or revoke it at any time. Links stop working when the ride ends.

Basic
Progress onlyHow the ride is going, without exact positions.
Live
Your position during the rideOnly while a ride is active.
Emergency
Position only during an alertNothing is shown until an SOS or crash alert is open.
Never shown
Other riders, chat, medical detailsGuardians see you, not your group.

Live link and nearest hospitalNew in 3.16

Help from outside the app.

During an open SOS, the rider or the lead can share a live emergency link with anyone, for example family or the emergency services. It opens a plain web page with the rider's first name, last position, the time of that position and a Call 112 button. Nothing else. It stops working after 30 minutes or when the alert is closed. The alert can also show the nearest hospital from OpenStreetMap, with its distance and a Navigate button.

False alarms

Mistakes happen. Say so.

Cancel during the countdown and nothing goes out. If an alarm did go out, mark it resolved and everyone who was told sees that. Speed warnings and accident warnings from other groups are advisory only.

Coroute complements emergency services. It does not replace them. In an emergency in India, call 112. Elsewhere, call your local emergency number. Coroute cannot promise that anyone will respond.

Set it up before the first long ride.

Emergency contact, medical ID and guardians take a few minutes at home.

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