Emergency dispatchers want drivers to stop putting smartphones in cupholders

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The habit is causing phones to autodial 911 because the side buttons are being pressed unintentionally. Drivers setting their smartphones aside so they can focus on the road will often place their devices into cupholders as convenient locations. Now, emergency dispatchers are recommending that motorists change this habit. A growing number of dispatchers are receiving calls placed by cupholders that have held buttons down. Dispatchers are increasingly receiving calls from confused smartphone owners who don’t know why the call was placed in the first place. All too frequently, they have…

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