Here’s another application idea.

Most car accidents are only minor fender benders, that don’t involve people getting seriously injured. But, they can be extremely stressful situations, and also very confusing as to what information you need to get from others involved. Wouldn’t it be great if your phone could help you through that process?

I propose an accident assistant application. It would step you through simple questions, and give you advice as to what steps you should take, and what information you should collect. For instance:

• It could tell you to take pictures of the damage, accident area, other driver, etc. and catalog each photo.
• It could call the police for you, not that 911 is all that difficult, but a single “call police” button my simplify things and be comforting to a flustered individual.
• It could record your description of the accident, while it’s still fresh in your mind.
• It could photograph the other person’s insurance and drivers information.
• It could even bundle all the information together and submit the report to your insurance provider for you.

The goal of the application would be to make the user feel they’ve covered all their bases, collected all necessary information, notified everyone they needed to, and can confidently go about their day without any lingering “I should have done…,” or “why didn’t I do…” question/concerns in their head.