When Is An Emergency Not An Emergency?

What number do I dial if my snowman gets nicked again?

Yours, Anonymous Intellectual. Chatham.

BBC News - Woman dials 999 to report snowman theft in Kent

 

I think the idea is a good one, people dial 999 for the most stupid of reasons perhaps it will free up the emergency service calls a little bit??

Val

 

I've got the numbers stored on my phone,

01305 222222 Dorset Police non emergency.


0845 4567000 Avon & Somerset non emergency.

Its suprising how often they are needed.

 

I don't need to memorise their number. They pop round often enough. They were round again the other day looking for a different ex resident.

I once had to phone 999 while driving down the motorway. Actually I made the wife do it as I was driving. There was a 4x4 driving very eratically and was going to cause a major accident. He kept drifting from lane to lane randomly and a couple of times nearly drove sideways on into a lorry. About 4 minutes after being put on hold, I did the running commentary and the wife relayed it over the phone. I gave our location fairly accurately, down to how many miles we've covered since junction whatever. Suddenly 4x4 man floored it, and I passed that on. I was doing 80mph at the time, already speeding a bit so I could see to give the details over. I even told the coppers this. When the 4x4 floored it, I was left standing, he must have accelerated to over 100mph. Can you guess what the operator asked me to do? They actually asked me to chase him so I could get a closer look. I refused of course. There are plenty of cameras and patrol cars along the M1, and highly trained high speed pursuit drivers. They didn't need me to push my 10 year old diesel Vectra to the limits risking the lives of my wife and son and me, just to do their job for them.

 

I see it dont start until November here.:WINK1:

So. I'll just have to wait a few months.

I know it says non emergency, but that's ridiculous:D

 

Although it's a good idea in principle, easy to understand and use for even the most mildly intelligent among us, the type of fool who rings for an ambulance for a broken finger nail or the police for a stolen snowman is still going to dial 999 because clearly to them they class that as a major emergency for it to even cross their mind to call 999 in the first place. God help them if they ever have a real emergency, they'll probably expire on the spot from the shock of real life!

 

Blimey Dave,

We had simliar coming down the M5, bloke in front of us weaving all over, when we over took him it became obvious why.

He was reading a book on the passenger seat:DOH:

 

I`ve actually used the 101 service. Went to a clients old property (vacant) and found the front door kicked in. Dialled 101, explained the problem, they had someone there within the hour. all sorted.