Recommendation Wednesdays

I recently received this email:

The Emergency Number worldwide for Mobile is 112. If you find yourself out of the coverage area of your mobile network and there is an emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly, this number 112 can be dialed even if the keypad is locked. Try it out.

I so wanted the information to be true because as a parent I feel that I am now more cautious and more aware of my surroundings in general than I ever was before and traveling with kids always heightens my feelings of angst and my desire to be prepared for any situation.

To verify information like this and other snippets or facts that claim to be lifesavers or the hottest new tidbit of information, log onto http://www.snopes.com/. This website is designed to test the truthfulness of the most current urban legends that are circulating the Internet and by word of mouth.

After logging onto this website I learned that this email contained false information and that I should not depend on being able to dial 112 from a locked cell phone in case of emergency. It only took me about 30 seconds on the snopes website to debunk this urban legend and even though the information turned out to be misinformation, I feel better knowing for sure.

Hope you find this website useful as well.