I know you don’t all live in Dorset but a mobile is a mobile where ever you live. I didn't know about 112 did you?

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 blue 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 friends, especially any females.


As far as I am aware, 112 uses a system called triangulation so they can also pinpoint exactly where you are phoning from.

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There are a few things that can be done in times of grave emergencies. Your mobile phone can actually be a life saver or an emergency tool for survival. Check out the things that you can do with it:



FIRST Emergency

The Emergency Number worldwide for Mobile is 112. If you find yourself out of the coverage area of your mobile network and there is an emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly this number 112 can be dialled even if the keypad is locked. Try it out.




SECOND Have you locked your keys in the car?

Does your car have remote keyless entry? This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a cell phone: If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their mobile phone from your cell phone.

Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other 'remote' for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk).

Editor's Note: It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car over a mobile phone!'




THIRD Hidden Battery Power

Imagine your mobile battery is very low. To activate, press the keys *3370# Your mobile will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you charge your mobile next time.




FOURTH How to disable a STOLEN mobile phone?

To check your mobile phone's serial number, key in the following digits on your phone: * # 0 6 #

A 15 digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your handset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. If your phone gets stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless. You probably won't get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever stole it can't use/sell it either. If everybody did this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones.




ATM - PIN Number Reversal - Good to Know

If you should ever be forced by a robber to withdraw money from an ATM machine, you can notify the police by entering your PIN number in reverse. For example, if your pin number is 1234, then you would put in 4321. The ATM system recognizes that your PIN number is backwards from the ATM card you placed in the machine. The machine will still give you the money you requested, but unknown to the robber, the police will be immediately dispatched to the location. This information was recently broadcast on CTV by Crime Stoppers however it is seldom used because people just don't know about it. Please pass this along to everyone.



This is the kind of information people don't mind receiving, so pass it on to your family and friends

Just got to say here Em that this is an urban myth, and more importantly its untrue about 112 getting through to emergency services when you have no signal

112 will ONLY work if you have signal, therefore its no better than using 999 in the UK

112 is basically the EU emergency number that will divert to the local emergency line.

ooh i tried it and it went through to emergency

i have an o2 fone that has no signal in my house and it worked

Yes it will go through - that's what it does but if you are in an area with no signal it wont work

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4724101.stm

.. but either way ..i didnt know i didnt have to pull over for an unmarked police car so if it helps x

Yup sure!

There are obvious things to do if you arent sure its a police car, as per this site - like don't just ignore them and speed off PMSL
https://www.askthe.police.uk/content/Q587.htm

im gonna try the keys for the car tomo lol

Oh didn't know that x

I wouldnt bother - I am 99.9 % sure its not true!

I am also pretty sure the pin reversal thing is a load of tosh too

That could never work in reality! I once had a pin something like 8778...so um it couldn't work!

Actually found this which confirms its all not true..ooppsss http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/cellphones.asp

Eecept the IEM for the phone - I am sure that is true as they ask for it when a phone is reported stolen so it can be locked

Awww I was really excited to try the car key one!

im still gonna try it lol..

I tried the battery one and it didnt work.x

boooo.. i got it sent to me ages ago in a email ..from my aunt ..who normally wouldnt send crap emails .. i only tried the 112 thing and it worked so presumed the rest would xx

emmaXx wrote:

im still gonna try it lol..

Let me know if it works, i really want to believe it's true lol

It wont work cos the frequencies are different on a mobile phone

lol got all excited then about the mobile battery thing...didnt work lol x

I heard this a while ago and people was saying its a load of bull xx