Dial *677 on cell phone???
10-10-2004, 06:56 PM
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Dial *677 on cell phone???
http://www.snopes.com/cgi-bin/ultima...7;t=000839;p=0
http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/arc...ex.php/t-45199
Is this real? I'm kind of scared to try... Lol.
http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/arc...ex.php/t-45199
Is this real? I'm kind of scared to try... Lol.
10-11-2004, 12:54 AM
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Originally Posted by British Banger
My girlfriend saw a drunk driver on 17 a while back and called 911, they never picked up!!! stupid ****s
10-11-2004, 06:45 AM
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I've used 9-1-1 from my mobile number and it worked fine. Goes to the CHP dispatcher. I reported a man in a wheelchair heading up a freeway off-ramp in the City. He was going back and forth between cars waiting for the signal light to change at the end of the off-ramp.
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10-11-2004, 08:01 AM
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yeah, 911
one thing about 911... when your in the middle of a huge downpour, expect the chp to take 10-15min to pick up. Someone wrecked badly in front of me when it was raining cats and dogs. There was to much traffic for me to pull over and help, so I called 911, 13min later they picked up. I can understand that there were a lot of accidents that time of day (740am even said that the chp was busy!) but what if that person past out or something while trying to call themselves? (cell locators aren't on every phone.)
one thing about 911... when your in the middle of a huge downpour, expect the chp to take 10-15min to pick up. Someone wrecked badly in front of me when it was raining cats and dogs. There was to much traffic for me to pull over and help, so I called 911, 13min later they picked up. I can understand that there were a lot of accidents that time of day (740am even said that the chp was busy!) but what if that person past out or something while trying to call themselves? (cell locators aren't on every phone.)
10-11-2004, 08:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Monkeynutz
yeah, 911
one thing about 911... when your in the middle of a huge downpour, expect the chp to take 10-15min to pick up. Someone wrecked badly in front of me when it was raining cats and dogs. There was to much traffic for me to pull over and help, so I called 911, 13min later they picked up. I can understand that there were a lot of accidents that time of day (740am even said that the chp was busy!) but what if that person past out or something while trying to call themselves? (cell locators aren't on every phone.)
one thing about 911... when your in the middle of a huge downpour, expect the chp to take 10-15min to pick up. Someone wrecked badly in front of me when it was raining cats and dogs. There was to much traffic for me to pull over and help, so I called 911, 13min later they picked up. I can understand that there were a lot of accidents that time of day (740am even said that the chp was busy!) but what if that person past out or something while trying to call themselves? (cell locators aren't on every phone.)
10-11-2004, 08:25 AM
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I realize that, I have family in the chp and law enforcement, but it's just scary sometimes that people don't know how to drive in the rain and create situations like that.
That unmarked police car is scary stuff too, but I don't think I have to worry about that since I'm a 340lb dude. (those descriptions earlier made it sound like rapists were doing this sort of stuff.)
That unmarked police car is scary stuff too, but I don't think I have to worry about that since I'm a 340lb dude. (those descriptions earlier made it sound like rapists were doing this sort of stuff.)
10-11-2004, 11:16 AM
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I was driving on central expressway going to palo alto minding my own. Came to a stop and I noticed a guy beside me looking at me and was saying something. i had my windows up so I didnt hear what he was saying. So I lowered my windows maybe he was going to ask for directions or something. I did and he was cursing me like crazy. I looked at his eyes and looked liked he was on drugs or something. I waved and proceeded with driving. Next light he yelled "I want to kill you" and curses some more. He stepped out of his car in the middle of the road. I was about to do the same but my wife was pulling me back in. Green light and this guy was inches from my door doing the same thing. called 911 they told me they will tranfer me to CHP and was put on hold. I had no choice but to take matters in my own hands. thank goodness for handsfree. still on hold, I decided to try and lose the guy. Right onto rengstorff went into side streets and lost him. all these happened more or less 5 mins. then CHP picked. asked where Im at and all that I even managed to get the lic plate when I looked at my rear view mirror. they asked me if I want to press charges I said yes and you know what, they put me on hold again and transferred me to palo alto PD. So I just hung up.
10-11-2004, 05:29 PM
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Originally Posted by ish
at the same time though they can't have 5000 dispatchers sitting there getting paid just waiting for that one time for it to get busy.
They do in Walnut Creek!! My friend "stole" a golf cart for three minutes and went in a circle. He brought it back to the building w/o even arguing. Ten minutes later there were four cop cars at the building and I saw probably three others patrolling looking for the "criminal"
... This was all done in Walnut Creek
10-11-2004, 05:52 PM
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lol, did you read the article linked from the snopes forum?
so, moral of the story, don't call *677 (unless you are in Ontario) but 911 instead if you are worried about an unmarked police car trying to pull you over.
Marc Choma, director of communications for the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association, an authority on wireless issues, developments and trends in Canada, said the story has been around for years and, in this case, is half truth, half urban legend.
"It's true that cellphone users in Ontario can dial *677 and get the Ontario Provincial Police non-emergency line. *677 is actually *OPP on your cellphone and it works.
But the story is an old urban myth that has been given a new Ontario spin. "It's not really true," he said. "If you're really in trouble or suspicious that it's not a cop trying to pull you over, we suggest using your cellphone to dial 911."
"It's true that cellphone users in Ontario can dial *677 and get the Ontario Provincial Police non-emergency line. *677 is actually *OPP on your cellphone and it works.
But the story is an old urban myth that has been given a new Ontario spin. "It's not really true," he said. "If you're really in trouble or suspicious that it's not a cop trying to pull you over, we suggest using your cellphone to dial 911."