Cell Phone Tip

[Reddog170]

Some knew about the red light on cars,

but not the 112.

It was about 1:00 p.m. in the afternoon, and Lauren was driving to visit a friend. An UNMARKED police car pulled up behind her and put his lights on. Lauren's parents have always told her never to pull over for an unmarked car on the side of the road,

but rather to wait until they get to a gas station, etc.

 

Lauren had actually listened to her parents advice, and promptly called 112 on her cell phone to tell the police dispatcher that she would not pull over right away. She proceeded to tell the dispatcher that there was an unmarked police car with a flashing red light on his rooftop behind her. The dispatcher checked to see if there were police cars where she was and

there weren't, and he told her to keep driving, remain calm and that he had back up already on the way.

 

Ten minutes later 4 cop cars surrounded her and the unmarked car behind her. One policeman went to her side and the others surrounded the car behind. They pulled the guy from the car and tackled him to the ground. The man was a convicted rapist and wanted for other crimes.

I never knew about the 112 Cell Phone Feature, but especially for a woman alone in a car, you should not pull over for an unmarked car. Apparently police have to respect your right to keep going to a safe place.

*Speaking to a service representative at Bell Mobility confirmed that 112 was a direct link to State trooper info. So, now it's your turn to let your friends know about 112.

 

You may want to Send this to every woman (and man) you know; it may save a life.

 

This applies to ALL 50 states

 

1. snopes.com: Cellphone 112 Emergency ••

Will dialing 112 connect you with an emergency call center when your cell phone has no signal?

...Claim: Even when your cell phone signal is blocked, dialing 112 will connect you with an emergency call center. Example: [Collected on the Internet,...

...your mobile phone has no signal (so even if you were in a tunnel) if you dial 112 it diverts to a satellite signal and puts you through to the 999 call...

...The global mobile emergency number, 112, is "special" in the sense that (unlike other local emergency numbers, such as 999) it will use any tower your...

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:18:08 GMT

 

 

http://www.snopes.com/science/mobile.asp

 

Got this in an e-mail. Tried it and it appears to work. might be a good idea in this day and age. I will make sure my kids all have this and know how to use it. Shaun

[XV1100SE]

Urban legend....

http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/business/a/cellphone_tips.htm

[Reddog170]

Thank You. I tried it and a phone rang so I just guessed that it worked. Shaun

[V7Goose]

In the US, everyone knows that 911 is the emergency number. To my knowledge, 112 is nothing special - when I called it from my cell phone, it simply connected me to 911.

 

Better to not muddy the water with unneeded numbers - just remember 911.

Goose

[GAWildKat]

112 is the EU emergency number like 911 is in the US.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/112_(emergency_telephone_number)