Emergency reporting device in a motor vehicle

An emergency reporting device in a motor vehicle for one or more of manually and automatically reporting an emergency to a report center;

• wherein
• a hands-free communication apparatus comprising at least one microphone and at least one loudspeaker can be used to communicate with a report center;
• wherein
• the at least one microphone is arranged in a first vertical plane extending perpendicularly to a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle and the at least one loudspeaker is arranged separate from the at least one microphone in a second vertical plane extending perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle;
• wherein
• the at least one microphone and the at least one loudspeaker are additionally arranged in a central region of the motor vehicle containing a vertical longitudinal center plane;
• wherein
• the first plane, viewed in a typical direction of travel of the motor vehicle, is located behind the second plane, and the second plane, viewed counter to the direction of travel, is arranged in a region of the head of a vehicle driver;
• wherein
• the at least one microphone has a cardioid characteristic, wherein at least two loudspeakers are present which are connected as a dipole such that a sound pressure level of the at least two loudspeakers in the direction of the microphone is minimal.