More PSA lies… just heard a PSA encouraging you to call 911 anonymously if you think a crime is being committed. 911 is not anonymous (neither is calling an 800 number tip line). Just remember all the flack the woman in Boston got for reporting someone trying to break in a door in a house at Harvard? Not only is it not anonymous, your call will be recorded and is a public record subject to being given to the TV networks. How you can trust a government agency that would create a PSA with such a blatant lie?
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I agree. A few years ago I wanted to call information (411) while at work, but dialed 911 by mistake. I quickly hung up and never spoke to anyone. Within ten minutes, a cruiser was at our front door…the officer said they had to answer every call, even the hang-ups.
This is only slightly related, but I wonder if the ads of people involved in car crashes with Onstar are authorized by the person speaking, or if the fine print of Onstar says that you give GM the right to use recordings of your emergency call for advertising purposes…
Probably the latter. Having it included “free” for a year on GM vehicles makes it easier for people to overlook the details… and they unwittingly turn themselves into GM billboards.
Reminds me of a few years back when I still had one of those big, brick cell phones. A 911 dispatcher called wanting to know if there was an emergency. I told her I hadn’t used the phone all day. We argued back and forth for a few minutes. We hung up. I looked down at the phone. Yep, the keypad was still in locked mode – as it had been all day :)