something i received in my e-mail and thought it was interesting enough to share…anyone ever hear of this number before? just curious
Cell Phone Feature #77 on your cell phone.
>
> I never even knew about this #77 feature! This actually happened to
> someone’s daughter. Lauren was 19 yrs old and in college. This story
> takes place over the Christmas/New Year’s holiday break. It was the
> Saturday before New Year’s and it was about 1 PM in the afternoon, and
> Lauren
> was driving to visit a friend.
>
> An UNMARKED police car pulled up behind her and put his lights on.
> Lauren’s parents have 4 children (high school and college age) and
> have always told them never to pull over for an unmarked car on the side
> of the road, but rather wait until they get to a gas station, etc. So
> Lauren
> had actually listened to her parents advice, and promptly called #77 on
> her cell phone to tell the police dispatcher that she would not pull
> over right away. She proceeded to tell the dispatcher that there was an
> unmarked police car with a flashing red light on his rooftop behind
> her.
>
> The dispatcher checked to see if there was a police car where she was
> and there wasn’t and he told her to keep driving, remain calm and that he
> had back-up already on the way. Ten minutes later 4 cop cars surrounded
> her and the unmarked car behind her. One policeman went to her side and
> the others surrounded the car behind. They pulled the guy from the car
> and tackled him to the ground……….the man was a convicted rapist
> and wanted for other crimes.
>
> I never knew that bit of advice, but especially for a woman alone in
> a car, you should not pull over for an unmarked car. Apparently police
> have to respect your right to keep going to a “safe” place. You
> obviously need to make some signals that you acknowledge them
> (i.e., put on your hazard lights) or call #77 like Lauren did.
>
> Too bad the cell phone companies don’t give you this little bit of
> wonderful information. So now it’s your turn to let your friends
> know about #77.