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A bit of useful advice – verified by the Dorset Police
The number does work from a mobile. This actually happened to someone’s daughter.
Lauren was 19 yrs old and in college. This story takes place over the Christmas/New Year’s holiday break. It was the Saturday before New Year and it was about 1.00pm in the afternoon, and Lauren was driving to visit a friend, when an UNMARKED police car pulled up behind her and put its lights on.
Lauren’s parents have 4 children (of various ages) and have always told them never to pull over for an unmarked car on the side of the road, but rather wait until they get to a service station, etc So Lauren remembered her parents’ advice, and telephoned 112 from her mobile phone. This connected her to the police dispatcher she told the dispatcher that there was an unmarked police car with a flashing red light on his rooftop behind her and that she would not pull over right away but wait until she was in a service station or busy area.
The dispatcher checked to see if there was a police car where she was and there wasn’t and he told her to keep driving, remain calm and that he had back-up already on the way. Ten minutes later 4 police 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 that bit of advice, but especially for a woman alone in a car, you do not have to pull over for an UNMARKED car.
Apparently police have to respect your right to keep going to a ‘safe’ place. You obviously need to make some signals that you acknowledge them I.e., put on your hazard lights) or call 112 like Lauren did.
Too bad the mobile phone companies don’t give you this little bit of wonderful information. So now it’s your turn to let your friends know about 112 (112 is an emergency number on your mobile that takes you straight to the police because 999 does not work if you have no signal). This is good information that I did not know!
Please pass on to all your family and friends, especially any females.I seem to remember getting this before but got it again today, from a family member seeming to believe its genuine. Anybody know what 112 is? Ive never heard of it.
You should ring 112 if you or someone in your vicinity meets with a serious accident, if you or someone in your vicinity suddenly gets sick, in case of fire, or if anything else happens which means that an ambulance, the police or the fire-brigade need to be called out.
112 is a special emergency number you can ring wherever you may find yourself; from a land line telephone or a mobile telephone.
When you ring 112 you come to the emergency service centre at SOS Alarm.
One of our SOS operators will answer the phone and ask you to relate:
· What has happened
· Where did it happenTry to keep calm and describe what happened. Who needs help and why.? Is anybody in danger due to fire or has anybody been physically assaulted? In case of accident: is anybody injured? How many and in what way?
Describe clearly where help needs to be sent. Name, address, telephone number.
The SOS operator needs this information in order to determine the emergency service that will provide the best and the fastest assistance.
The SOS operator may also need more information even when help is on the way. So you should stay on the phone or where you are for a while.112 is the society’s special emergency number. SOS Alarm is open 24 hours a day in order to be able to co-ordinate society’s emergency services. But you should only ring 112 if you find yourself in an emergency situation and require immediate help; otherwise there is a risk that your telephone call delays vital help to those people who are involved in accidents and people in distress.
If it is not that urgent, ring the service numbers on the inside pages of the telephone directory for the area in which you live.
At SOS Alarm, both women and men work answering calls from people in distress. When you ring 112, remember that you or the person who helps you must be able to speak Swedish or English so that the SOS operator will be able to understand you and quickly send out the emergency service needed. SOS Alarm can even employ an interpreter, but if help is needed in an emergency maybe there isn’t time for that.
Sharon, this e-mail is basically a piece of internet spam that originated in America and has been spread around “virally”. I have had four copies sent on to me by others over the last few weeks.
Yes dialling 112 can work but in the UK you are still far better off dialling 999 for the emergency services.
Thankyou!
112 is the European telephone number for the emergency services. The European Union has been growing at such a rapid rate and travel between these now borderless countries has become so simple it was decided some years ago to use one Europe wide number instead of a whole load of different national numbers. Many countries changed their old national numbers for 112 but (anti-Europe) Britain didnt want to fall in line and has kept 999 as its national number.
Britain does however take part in the scheme but they dont advertise the fact to the British public. It is mainly used by holidaying Europeans. Which ever number you use you will make contact with the emergency services.well… you learn something new everyday
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