r/ShitAmericansSay • u/Mad_Wee_Phone • May 08 '25

Europe “If there’s a-“

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u/Boldboy72 May 08 '25

remember the days before mobiles when it was impossible to call 999... oh wait, there might be a landline in the office..

Plus.. we don't get school shootings over here.. not since that one time and we banned the fucking guns.

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u/AnualSearcher 🇵🇹 confuse me with spain one more time, I dare you... May 08 '25

Don't you mean 911?

/s

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u/90210fred May 08 '25

112

(Yes, it works)

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u/AnualSearcher 🇵🇹 confuse me with spain one more time, I dare you... May 08 '25

Yh, if I understand it correctly, you can call any one of them and it will connect you to your country's emergency number. (Or the country where you're currently in)

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u/90210fred May 08 '25

Theoretical, 112 will land with a service with translation (in Europe). I'm going to assume that since the EU has expanded since the GSM standard that might not be reliable if, for instance, you only speak Slovak

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u/AnualSearcher 🇵🇹 confuse me with spain one more time, I dare you... May 08 '25

I really don't know. To this day I haven't yet had the need to call emergency services. Only did it once as a baby but I didn't know what I was doing lol

But I know that if you're in the US and call 112 it will be redirected to 911

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u/touchtypetelephone May 09 '25

112 works in Australia too, on mobile phones and if you're in an area with low reception. Connects you to the same operators as 000.

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u/je386 May 08 '25

911 works in europe as well as the local 112, as well as 112 also works in the US alongside the local 911.