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FCC Updating 911 for the Texting Generation, SRSLY
- zbanks 16y agoIt seems silly, but texting is significantly more discreet than a call, and takes less effort to do. If you're within earshot of a "bad guy," you can nonchalantly send a text, and it can be done a lot quicker. Isn't reducing bystander apathy a good thing?
- smallblacksun 16y agoIt would also help for situations where there is a lot of noise, or you have been injured such that you can't talk.
- devicenull 16y agoI would imagine that handling 100 people texting 911 would be significantly easier then handling 100 people calling it. That's probably good news for any large scale emergencies.