The details Paul posted don't really change anything. Calling 911 and giving a vague or incorrect address and not staying to help the man is only one step better than doing nothing, and many steps short of doing right.

Man, that's nuts....

I couldn't imagine doing that. I can't even walk by the drunks/frequent fliers I know if they are passed out downtown. I have to do a breath check... I know I'd get shit on from my co-workers, but I'd call it in if I needed to. I dunno about doing CPR - I know their health history, but I'd do what I could until "protected" help arrived.

I even stopped to help a drug addict that was getting her head pounded by another toothless wonder (this chick's dentures fell out onto the ground when I helped her up).

I'm too eager to help people half the time. With my luck, I'll get stabbed one day helping someone and I'd get left for dead.....


Kirsty

A few years back I broke a phone and found an old Nokia (that had the snake game). I don't care about fancy features and needed a phone and went to the Verizon store to activate that phone. The store told me they couldn't do it. I noticed the phone worked before so I didn't see what was wrong with it. Apparently they were prohibited from doing it because the phone did not have emergency GPS and was required by the government to only activate Emergency GPS capable phones. I walked out pissed but finally got a GPS phone.

1 month ago a tree fell on some power lines near my girlfriend's apartment. Since I work in the utility industry I was priviledged to have the inside information that power lines are powered (Amazing isn't it). I kept seeing people walk up to the downed lines and I kept yelling at them to get away. I finally called 911 to get some cops or firetrucks out there before some idiot got themself killed (why I bothered I don't know, I'd love to see some idiot get zapped). It was on a road behind my GF's apartment and I didn't know the name. I spent what felt like forever trying to tell them how to get there.

That got me to thinking. I spent a long time arguing with Verizon about this bullshit government regulation GPS shit and when I actually do use it they can't find me. Then I read this story where they had 3 calls and 911 still couldn't figure out the location. What happend to this GPS shit???

Smittie, what about pre-paid phones?

Even a non-activated phone can make 911 calls. It's a federal law. Battered women's shelters accept old phone donations for that very reason.

That's not the problem. The problem is I was told that Verizon could not activate my other phoen becuase of a government regulation requiring all new phones that are activated to be equipped with a GPS that would become active when someone called 911 so they could locate you. I used 911 and they couldn't locate me in the middle of a city despite my phone has GPS on it because of a government regulation.