call 112 it is your friend

Subject: call 112 it is your friend Wed 4 Dec 2013 - 0:31

Copied from facebook from good friend Lisa.

Lisa Taylor shared Joanna Smith's status.
11 minutes ago

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 car with a flashing blue light 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 friends, especially any females.

This is an international distress call covering the whole of Europe, so you always have it in case of an emergency

Posts : 155 Join date : 2013-07-08 Location : Spain

PLEASE PLEASE before Posting / Sharing this can it be confirmed as FACT........ and not hear say....... This sort of stuff makes people worry about traveling. If it is fact thats fine, but many of these "so called" facebook shares are nothing moe than someone looking for facebook numbers

Posts : 155 Join date : 2013-07-08 Location : Spain

I have just tried the "Status" link in this message and get this:
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The page you requested cannot be displayed at the moment. It may be temporarily unavailable, the link you clicked on may have expired, or you may not have permission to view this page.

Whilst I understand it is good to remind people to be careful, I do not believe this to be more than someone looking for more Facebook ratings.........

NEVER BE WORRIED ABOUT USING the number 112. I have posted a new thread on why it's there and how to use it.

Subject: Re: call 112 it is your friend Wed 4 Dec 2013 - 13:49

Don Quixote. wrote:: I have just tried the "Status" link in this message and get this:
This content is currently unavailable
The page you requested cannot be displayed at the moment. It may be temporarily unavailable, the link you clicked on may have expired, or you may not have permission to view this page.

Whilst I understand it is good to remind people to be careful, I do not believe this to be more than someone looking for more Facebook ratings.........

NEVER BE WORRIED ABOUT USING the number 112. I have posted a new thread on why it's there and how to use it.

I just tried the status link and it worked perfectly for me, but then I have permission to view the content.

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