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#77 On Your Wireless Phone

  Author:  34814  Category:(Urban Legends) Created:(9/22/2003 5:42:00 PM)
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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 1P.M. in the afternoon. 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 public place like a gas station, police station, etc.

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 were police cars where she was. It turns out there wasn't. The dispatcher told her to keep driving, remain calm, 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 while 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 about the #77 cell phone feature, 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 before you stop. 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.

Send this to every woman you know, it may save their life.

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Date: 9/22/2003 6:08:00 PM  From Authorid: 60080    cool...do you actually have to press # as like the pund button? couldnt you just press 911 faster? lol maybe im completely clueless  
Date: 9/22/2003 6:13:00 PM  From Authorid: 60992    That's really cool, but a scary story though.. *Canuck Hugs* -des  
Date: 9/22/2003 6:55:00 PM  From Authorid: 62339    Not only women get attacked this way. The last time I heard of an attack like this it was on a man who was being robbed and had his car stolen after he was murdered.
Date: 9/22/2003 7:52:00 PM  From Authorid: 7574    I never heard about it either, but it's a good idea.  
Date: 9/22/2003 9:10:00 PM  ( From Author ) From Authorid: 34814    Hey guys I have no idea if this is true or false. I have never tried it. My Mom and her bestfriend almost fell victim to crime like this though. scary is right. One time I was getting pulled over and I made him follow me to the next gas station and he was marked. I don't care marked or not I am gonna be around people. You never know if it is a crooked cop and or someone who stole a cop car.  
Date: 9/22/2003 9:16:00 PM  From Authorid: 36994    That would be such a great idea, if it is infact true, but I don't know if its a forward, hmm, I get many forward about yahoo, etc, cutting off accounts and such, not true...hmm..  
Date: 9/22/2003 9:17:00 PM  From Authorid: 36994    forwards*  
Date: 9/23/2003 4:20:00 AM  From Authorid: 49025    I know that in the Washington, DC metro area, where I live, there are signs saying to dial #77 for State Police. I don't know if this is true all over the US but it is around here.  
Date: 9/23/2003 1:36:00 PM  From Authorid: 62348    I have no Idea if is true... Why don't anybody try? MezmerEyes
Date: 9/23/2003 2:25:00 PM  From Authorid: 58030    cus it's probly like dialing 911... you get in trouble if it's not an emergency, you could still just dial 911   
Date: 9/24/2003 5:12:00 AM  From Authorid: 48525    There is a version of this on Snopes.com. I doubt that #77 from a cell phone is a direct line to police dispatch, for one thing, it's a cell phone, and therefore travels with you, so does it give you dispatch for your local area, and if so, what if you're "roaming" and not in your local area? The snopes version does involve a cell phone, but in that version, the girl does pull over and is not allowed by the madman to use her phone. This urban legend is true, but it is not, as the girl made up the whole tale to cover her butt because she missed curfew.  
Date: 9/24/2003 3:53:00 PM  ( From Author ) From Authorid: 34814    Hey thanks for the info..Very interesting  
Date: 10/9/2003 4:56:00 PM  From Authorid: 62387    dial #77?
Date: 10/13/2003 11:55:00 AM  From Authorid: 18008    I didn't know about #77, but my boyfriend told me about waiting to pull over is legal. :)  
Date: 10/16/2003 9:58:00 AM  From Authorid: 45876    Yikes! I would have not pulled over either!  
Date: 10/17/2003 6:28:00 PM  From Authorid: 40979    So let me get this straight . If I am in a tight spot I can call #77 ? wow that is cool ...thanks for the tip  
Date: 1/28/2004 10:42:00 AM  From Authorid: 62518    Weird... That is the creepiest story I have read yet.
Date: 11/3/2004 9:52:00 AM  From Authorid: 62135    Thats kewl. Creepy the way the story was but its good info. Smart thinker she was.  
Date: 11/9/2004 8:57:00 AM  From Authorid: 62693    wow that is scary  

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