Can *112 Save Your Life?

We recently saw a post with the following content come up on our Facebook news feed that caught our attention. The story goes as follows:

An UNMARKED police car pulled up behind her and put his lights on. Lauren's parents have always told her to never pull over for an unmarked car on the side of the road, but rather to wait until they get to a gas station, etc.

Lauren had actually listened to her parents advice, and promptly called, 112 on her cell phone to tell the police dispatcher that she would not pull over right away. She proceeded to tell the dispatcher that there was an unmarked police car with a flashing red light on his rooftop behind her. The dispatcher checked to see if there were police cars where she was and there weren't, and he told her to keep driving, remain calm and that he had back up already on the way.

Ten minutes later 4 cop 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 about the 112 Cell Phone feature. I tried it on my AT&T phone & it said, "Dialing Emergency Number."

Especially for a woman alone in a car, you should not pull over for an unmarked car. Apparently police have to respect your right to keep going on to a safe place.

*Speaking to a service representative at Bell Mobility confirmed that 112 was a direct link to State trooper info. So, now it's your turn to let your friends know about "Dialing, 112"

You may want to send this to every Man, Woman & Youngster you know; it may well save a life.
 
At first we thought this would be a great bit of information to share with people in case they didn't know. However, after looking into a little bit further (we're big on checking our facts) we discovered that this is just another piece of chain mail with no actual value. THERE IS NO SINGLE EMERGENCY NUMER IN USE WORLDWIDE!

There have been several variations of this email. The main character has been both Lisa and Laura. There is even a variation that takes place in Australia. If you'd like to read more "versions" of this story click here.

Bottom line....