First on the scene with life-saving app
Jaco Gerrits is founder and CEO of CrashDetech. He tells Margaret Harris that to start a business and make it a success, you have to overcome serious mental hurdles, irrespective of the industry
Tell me about CrashDetech.CrashDetech is a smartphone app that auto-detects a serious car crash, pinpoints your location and immediately notifies our emergency call centre, which dispatches the nearest ambulance and supplies paramedics with your medical information. This reduces emergency response times and ensures correct medical treatment, which could save your life.What led you to develop the app?Nearly 1.3million people are killed and 50million are injured on the world's roads each year. Global road death and injury is a major public health problem with a broad range of social and economic consequences. The UN General Assembly proclaimed the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020. One of the key pillars of the Decade of Action is post-crash response.You have won awards for the app - did this surprise you?Yes, it's always an honour when your efforts are recognised. I've also had the privilege to represent our country against 26 others in New York earlier this year, which w...
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