Press & Hold · 911 · Live Location · Safety Team

Your safety
SOS button.

Press and hold the Emergency SOS button in the GLIDE app. After a short countdown (so you can cancel an accidental press), the GLIDE safety team is alerted with your live location — and you can call 911 or your emergency contact with one tap. If you're in immediate danger, call 911 right away.

Book a Ride How SOS Works

HoldTo Activate

911One-Tap Call

LiveLocation Shared

SOS ACTIVATED

GLIDE safety team notified

Live location sent · Call 911 with one tap

📍 On your SOS screen:

✓ GLIDE safety team alerted

✓ Live location captured

✓ Call 911 · Call your contact

Exactly What Happens

Press and hold. Help is alerted.

SOS Demo

SOS

What happens when you use SOS:

1🔴 Press and hold the SOS button

2⏱️ 5-second countdown — tap Cancel if it was an accident

3🚨 GLIDE safety team alerted with your trip details

4📍 Your live GPS location captured and sent

5📞 One tap to call 911 or your emergency contact

6✅ Tap "I'm safe" when the situation is resolved

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One-Tap 911 CallThe SOS screen puts a large Call 911 button in front of you. It also shows your GPS coordinates and a map link, so you can tell the dispatcher exactly where you are.

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GLIDE Safety TeamThe GLIDE safety team receives your alert with your account, trip and driver details and your live location, so we can follow up and support you and law enforcement.

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Your Emergency ContactAdd an emergency contact to your profile and the SOS screen gives you a one-tap button to call them.

Live LocationYour GPS location is captured the moment SOS activates and sent to the GLIDE safety team. SOS also works outside a trip if you're signed in.

Discreet by DesignThe other person on the trip isn't told that you used SOS. The alert goes to the GLIDE safety team, and the trip is flagged for review.

All Safety Features

Built to protect you every ride

Discreet SOS

Feeling unsafe but don't want to make a scene? Using SOS doesn't notify your driver — only the GLIDE safety team is alerted. Pressing and holding the button, plus a short countdown, prevents accidental alerts.

Hold to Activate Discreet Driver Not Notified

SOS

Press and hold to start SOS

5-Second Countdown

Cancel Anytime

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RideCheck

If your trip has a long, unexpected stop or goes well off the expected route, GLIDE asks you and your driver "Is everything OK?" — get help with one tap. Unanswered checks go to the GLIDE safety team.

Auto-DetectCheck-In

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Trip PIN

Make sure you're in the right car: your driver needs your 4-digit PIN to start the trip. On by default from 9pm to 6am, and you can set it to always on.

Night DefaultAlways-On Option

Trip Recording

Opt in to record audio during your trip. Recordings are encrypted and stay on your phone, deleted after 7 days unless you file a safety report. Only GLIDE safety staff can play an uploaded recording, and uploads are deleted after 90 days.

OptionalEncrypted

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Checked Drivers

Every driver passes a Checkr background check (criminal history and driving record) and regular live selfie ID checks, so the person driving matches the profile you see.

CheckrSelfie ID

🆘 Safety first. Every ride. Always.

Ride knowing help is
one tap away.

Emergency SOS is built into the GLIDE Rider app for every rider, on every trip — at no extra cost.

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✓ Free on every ride