Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Butt Dials

  • People who keep their cell phones in their pockets run the risk of accidental pocket dials, also known as butt dials or butt calls. And 911 workers are starting to get annoyed.
  • (GlobalPost)
  • Have you ever butt-dialed 911? If you have, youre not alone--especially if you live in New York City. According to a new report, accidental calls to 911 accounted for about 38 percent of all emergency calls in the Big Apple in 2010. Of the 10.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • Syracuse (CNN) -- Nearly four million calls a year to 911 operators in New York City, are a result of butt dialing. Thats when a person accidentally makes a call when the phone is in their back pocket, purse or elsewhere.
  • (NewsChannel 9 WSYR)
  • NEW YORK (CNN) — A "pocket dial" mistake can result in an unwanted phone call, annoying for the recipient and potentially embarrassing to the caller.
  • (Cleveland News - Fox 8)
  • Even more startling, nearly 40% of all calls to 911 in 2010 came from butt-dials. Now we have a much clearer picture of why Bloomberg was reluctant to release all the data: it makes the city look like an ass.
  • (Gothamist.com)
  • The app works by popping up a dialogue box that asks you to confirm the call before its placed. If you still think butt dials are harmless, you might want to think twice about whos on the other end of the line.
  • (KXTV News10Net)
  • A study of the citys 911 system that was commissioned by Mayor Michael Bloomberg shows that there were 3,910,373 short calls -- less than 19 seconds -- most of which were accidental pocket dials or butt calls, the New York Daily News reports.
  • (Daily Mail)
  • The inadvertent -- or butt dial -- calls accounted for nearly 40 percent of the 10.4 million 911 calls received in 2010. Police cars were dispatched to 3.5 million of the calls received, according to the Daily News.
  • (NBC New York)
  • Todays cars have dials the way Planters has nuts. Three hundred ways to air-condition your car! A seat that has 80 positions and a little butt heater too! GPS, which is a whole entertainment universe right there.
  • (San Francisco Gate)

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