Re: Another Franeknseries machine missing! Arrgh!

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Me cell phone has a setting for GPS.  Does it work?

Jones, John (US) wrote:
> I semi-witnessed an accident last year.  It happened in my peripheral
> vision while I was driving.  A car that was behind me in the left lane
> crossed in to the right lane (where I was) and continued straight while
> the road curved left.  I also started to hear their engine racing.  I'm
> guessing they fell asleep at the wheel and their foot depressed the gas
> pedal; never did find out for sure what happened.  After they left the
> road I pulled out my cel & called 911.  I asked to be transferred to the
> 911 office for the town I was in.  Once transferred I reported what I
> had witnessed and what road I was on and the stoplight I had just
> passed.  
>
> In this case I was a bystander and was in good enough condition to
> accurately relate the location of the accident.
>
> I found it interesting that when I dialed 911 I had to be transferred to
> the local town.  So much for location-based services.
>
> FWIW I was in a hurry to get police/EMTs dispatched so I didn't ask the
> operator who first answered if she was with my home town or with my cel
> carrier.
>
> Anyway, for car accidents getting within 50, even 75 meters is probably
> more than sufficient and triangulation is fine.  However, I'll certainly
> buy that for home users you'd need the 6 meter accuracy that GPS may
> provide.  Especially for covering multiunit dwellings.