Dan Abel > wrote in news:dabel-2AAAF0.09214403072010@c-61-
68-245-199.per.connect.net.au:

> In article >,
> George > wrote:
>
>> On 7/2/2010 11:06 PM, Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
>> > On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:59:53 -0500, >
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Just call 911. It will connect you to the closest 911 operator that
can
>> >> then forward the call as needed to the most local dispatch.
>> >
>> > Not necessarily. Bill and I were traveling to Los Angeles from Orange
>> > County on the 405 one day when, for no reason that we could see, a
>> > truck suddenly went out of control and spun across about 5 lanes of
>> > traffic, miraculously not hitting anyone, but smashed into a
retaining
>> > wall. This was near Long Beach. I dialed 911 and wound up with an
>> > emergency dispatcher in *Cerritos* which isn't anywhere *near* Long
>> > Beach. The dispatcher said she'd contact the LB emergency responders.
>>
>> Yes, many states (mine included) treated the mandatory e911 tax on
>> cellphones as a windfall and used it for other stuff so many areas have
>> systems that aren't ready for prime time.
>
> Yeah. Cell phones seem to have their own 911 system, so "closest" may
> not be very close. Also, especially when driving, you may not be
> connected to a close tower.
>


I've dialled 000 here in Brisbane before, and got an operator in Western
Australia.

It just means you waste vital seconds having to explain where the bloody
hell you are.

--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia


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