Cheryl wrote:
>
> On 2/23/2011 9:01 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
> > There's an old joke that goes "call an ambulance, call the police, and
> > order a pizza--see which comes first". Looks like this time the pizza
> > was there before the call.
> >
> > Well done Dominos--give that lady a raise.
> >
>
> My own mom has a balance problem and bad knees and now that's she's
> alone (dad died a year and a half ago) us kids bought her a home
> security system and I insisted on one of those pendants that you push
> that calls 911 if you're in trouble. We got her in the habit of keeping
> her cell phone in her pocket but a button to push without having to talk
> is better. We had a talk recently about it and I'm glad we did. She
> thought the pendant would work everywhere, but it's wirelessly connected
> to the home security system, so now she knows it won't work from a
> certain distance from home.

Most current cell phones have a one button programmable 911 type
function, usually just holding the send button down for more than 3
seconds. Since all current cell phones also have position reporting,
even without saying anything, an emergency response can be dispatched.