Why and who would not listen, this post has been going around in my head since it was put there, I am having difficulty working out why this would be a reason not to carry a phone.
Hopefully Lesson Learnt To Take A Phone
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Why and who would not listen, this post has been going around in my head since it was put there, I am having difficulty working out why this would be a reason not to carry a phone.
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junkie_ball
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wow just checked this thread and cannot believe the response to the story i posted originally. It was only a post to try and encourage people to carry a phone or some form of emergency contacts when out riding. Everyone has the right to choose to take a phone or indeed emergency contact details with them or not. Only thing to remember is only you can take responsibility for you own safety whilst out on a bike whether your alone or in a group. Stay safe peeps.
winjim
Straddle the line, discord and rhyme
In an emergency and without a signal, the number to dial is 112. This video explains how and why.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
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Wow - I didn't know all that - that's potentially very useful, thanks!
winjim
Straddle the line, discord and rhyme
Did you get one of these phones yet? I've just bought one so I've put a few pictures and a brief overview of it in the reviews subforum if you fancy a look.
Profpointy
Legendary Member
I can assure you that if there is no signal you can fail to make a 999 call just as well as a normal call.
How do you think the radio would magically work differently ?
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
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You would be getting a signal from another network instead. It wouldn't work if you couldn't pick up any signal at all which is certainly the case in some places round here.
living in the south east, it's not really an issueProfpointy
Legendary Member
ah, done some digging, and stand corrected (partly). It seems we do now have national roaming for emergency calls (only) - introduced in 2009 it seems. It has always been in the standards, but for various perfectly good reasons never implemented until a few years ago. There were and are good reasons to stop calls without SIMs in the phones - to prevent anonymous nuisance calls - though again possible in theory, though blocked by UK operators. The phone will try, but it won't connect (without SIM)
Apart from that, most of the video chap's comments are broadly correct.
A point of info - in the UK 999 and 112 are actually the same in how they work - but as he says, 112 works abroad too. They are both handled identically.
All that said, no-signal (from any network) then no call.
Lets not confuse the issues here
There is no signal, and no signal from YOUR provider.
If there is a signal from your provider (for example) Orange, you can use £, Vodaphone or another provider tht does have a signal for emegencies
If there is truly no signal at all then you are not phoning anybody
Profpointy
Legendary Member
whilst "national roaming for emergency calls" does allow such a call if phone can't see you provider's network, but can see another, this may not help as much as you might think since, strangely enough, all the providers roll out coverage in pretty much the same places - but it could help in marginal areas.
Also - the phone offering you the option to attempt an emergency call isn't the same as successfully connecting
Profpointy
Legendary Member
Appologies for being patronising. Working in telecomms I tend to impatient when total guff gets regularly posted - but for once the "guff" was.actually true and my knowledge was out of date.
