Flat Resistant Tires & Riding Alone

[Aggie_Ama]

One thing to remember is if you call 911 from a cell you don't always get the local operators. I believe this is still true so you must know where you are. To speed things up for me I program the dispatch number for the three local county sheriff's. Where I live I could easily be in one of three counties, I have found when I had a driver throw a beer can at me and swerve that the local sheriff was able to respond immediately. Now my cell phone has those so if I am able to call myself and know the county I am able to get help quickly.

[OakLeaf]

That's a really good idea.

I've had a couple of occasions where I've witnessed a wreck (thankfully everyone was OK) and called 911, only to have the operator berate me because I was connected to the wrong jurisdiction! These were times when I was miles from home and had no idea where the various jurisdictional boundaries were or whom I should have been connected to, but I would sure like to avoid that experience if I could, and especially if it was a situation where seconds really might count.

[Irulan]

One thing to remember is if you call 911 from a cell you don't always get the local operators. I believe this is still true so you must know where you are. To speed things up for me I program the dispatch number for the three local county sheriff's. Where I live I could easily be in one of three counties, I have found when I had a driver throw a beer can at me and swerve that the local sheriff was able to respond immediately. Now my cell phone has those so if I am able to call myself and know the county I am able to get help quickly.

I missed the referring post, but I really, really hope the suggestion wasn't to call 911 for a bike flat or mechanical!!! That is a real misuse of EMS money and personnel.

You are lucky to get a response on a throwing things at cyclist complaint, though.

[Aggie_Ama]

I missed the referring post, but I really, really hope the suggestion wasn't to call 911 for a bike flat or mechanical!!! That is a real misuse of EMS money and personnel.

You are lucky to get a response on a throwing things at cyclist complaint, though.

Not for a flat. She also asked about just being comfortable in general if something were to go wrong. I was thinking how scared I was of wrecking and being injured which is why I programmed the numbers. In this part of the country I probably got assistance (and a follow up call to make sure I was home okay) because I was a woman. That is the other thing the numbers I have are good for general help, I stated "this is not an emergency but I want to report this...." I wasn't injured but they were being a nuisance by littering in addition to harassing me.