# Have you ever called 911 (or 999 or whatever)? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 1, 2020, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-called-911-or-999-or-whatever/848727 "2020-03-01T00:11:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 86
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-called-911-or-999-or-whatever/848727/86 "2020-03-02T15:54:12Z")
Reading all these reminded me of the night I called for a car vs. pedestrian. I was out grocery shopping and had recently got off a bus. The grocery store is on the opposite side of the street normally a block up but I had to get off a block early due to construction in the area creating detours. I had just crossed Glebe and was waiting for the walk signal to cross 4[sup]th[/sup] when a guy on the other side of 4[sup]th[/sup] broke into a run. Another detoured bus was coming from the opposite direction so I assumed he was running from the out-of-service bus stop to catch it. Guy had nearly made it across when he was tossed into the air by a car from my left. The nearest fire station is less than a mile away so they got there pretty quick. I stuck around to be a witness and comforted the driver as best I could. Remarkably, the guy only sustained minor injuries and continually tried to wander off. Turns out the pedestrian was quite drunk. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-called-911-or-999-or-whatever/848727)._