112 Emergency Number
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From: South Ozzie!!
Originally Posted by nickrg3,Feb 10 2010, 09:33 AM
Phoning 112 from your mobile will bypass the SIM and bypass the mobile provider you use. Your phone will scan all available networks to make the call, so if you are with vodafone and there is no signal but there is with O2 it will route the 112 call over O2. In fact.. if you remove the SIM there is a greater chance of getting through to an emergency number if you are in a foreign country, since it will force the device to find network, rather than via your SIM.
One of the reasons why 121 rebranded IIRC. voicemail on some phones is still 121 though so I assume a ton of false calls are made in error still.
One of the reasons why 121 rebranded IIRC. voicemail on some phones is still 121 though so I assume a ton of false calls are made in error still.
almost.. but it won't as such "bypass" your mobile provider, it will try to make the call on the network you are registered first and this most likely to be your home to and if it does not have signal will use any available network... which is almost the same..
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I’m pretty sure that if you dial 999 it will use any provider to make the call too if yours is unavailable.
As for the failure to stop, I guess it would come down to discretion.
But, if you get flashed by a cop, and you acknowledge them and then drive safely and within the limit to a safe lit place I can’t imagine the cop would be an arse about it, or that the CPS would even try and prosecute.
Of course, if it’s daytime and it’s clearly a cop car then it’s quite different to it being dark and deserted.
But, the more I think about it, the more certain I am that it’s perfectly legal not to stop if you don’t feel safe – so long as you drive somewhere safe and then stop.
The laws are designed for getting people who try and evade the police.
As for the failure to stop, I guess it would come down to discretion.
But, if you get flashed by a cop, and you acknowledge them and then drive safely and within the limit to a safe lit place I can’t imagine the cop would be an arse about it, or that the CPS would even try and prosecute.
Of course, if it’s daytime and it’s clearly a cop car then it’s quite different to it being dark and deserted.
But, the more I think about it, the more certain I am that it’s perfectly legal not to stop if you don’t feel safe – so long as you drive somewhere safe and then stop.
The laws are designed for getting people who try and evade the police.
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From: Banbury, Oxfordshire
Originally Posted by Rob88,Feb 10 2010, 10:28 AM
I’m pretty sure that if you dial 999 it will use any provider to make the call too if yours is unavailable.
I thought there was another two digit number on Nokias too, but I forget what it is. I once had the police calling me asking if I was okay, which I thought was nice of them. Of course I'd had the phone in my pocket with the keyboard locked and it had dialled that number anyway. They must get thousands of calls like that all because it overrides the keyboard lock.
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From: Hertford
Originally Posted by m1bjr,Feb 9 2010, 10:56 PM
It doesn't.
Its just another BS internet hoax that does the rounds occasionally.
Regular phones CANNOT use sat, unless you are the BBC in some isolated African state
112 is just the EU version of the UK 999 thats all.
No cell signal, no talkie.
"m1bjr" is a uk ham radio callsign btw.
Its just another BS internet hoax that does the rounds occasionally.
Regular phones CANNOT use sat, unless you are the BBC in some isolated African state
112 is just the EU version of the UK 999 thats all.
No cell signal, no talkie.
"m1bjr" is a uk ham radio callsign btw.
I am just surprised people are taken in by it, when it's so transparent. There's a very simple experiment one can do to prove it's crap...
Not only are people who spread such dross round the 'net desperately sad, it probably does put the gullible in increased danger.
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From: Plymouth
Originally Posted by MB,Feb 10 2010, 02:15 PM
I got that on email and guessed it was a hoax.
These things piss me off.
What sort of loser sits and types them out???
These things piss me off.
What sort of loser sits and types them out???
The one about the missed mobile phone call that you dial back at the rate of £300,000 a minute or some such crap.
So, I sent her the explanation and some 'net clippings to back it up.
It was taken off and a sheepish thanks issued.
Within the hour my boss paged me and told me that 'Corporate have been on the phone to complain about your inappropriate email signature. You have to change it"
My sig (internal email) read:
"If something fails at the plant, blame the guy who can't speak English! - H. Simpson"
Some people...
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From: Hertford
Well, you don't expect corporate to pick on anything bold or risky - they might lose their hefty incomes!
You always get some stupid bint who falls for the "tell everyone in your address book about this urgent threat - someone's trying to clog up the internet virally" line.
You always get some stupid bint who falls for the "tell everyone in your address book about this urgent threat - someone's trying to clog up the internet virally" line.
