# I had to call 911 last night

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 26, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-to-call-911-last-night/354312 "2006-04-26T16:55:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-to-call-911-last-night/354312/1 "2006-04-26T16:55:01Z")

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I was comming back from a friends house when I saw a car being driven erraticly.

1. First it tried to make a left at a light where left’s are not allowed
2. The car behind it started honking and it went straight
3. Then it was weaving in and out of its lane.
4. I slowed down so it would pass me because I felt safer behind it
5. When it almost hit the curb on the other side of the street I called 911.
6. I followed the car for a few streets while talking to 911 and giving them a description of the car along with it’s licence plate.

I don’t know if they caught the car and the driver had a medical condition or was drunk. I could have done nothing but if the driver got into an accident and hurt or killed someone and I found out I would have felt guilty. This was around 11:45 last night

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**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-to-call-911-last-night/354312/2 "2006-04-26T16:59:34Z")

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It’s tough to know what to do in a situation like that. I think you did the right thing **MannyL**. If the driver was sick, he/she needed help. If the driver was drunk then he/she needed to be stopped before somebody was hurt or killed. Good for you.

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**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-to-call-911-last-night/354312/3 "2006-04-26T17:01:06Z")

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I’ve been there. Several years ago I was driving home from dropping a friend off at home. I was stopped at a stop light and a girl in a red car pulled along side me. I glanced over and she was visibly sobbing. Then the light turned green and she sped through it. Moments later, as I was just beginning to accellerate after the stop, I was passed by a truck honking and flashing its lights - at her I assume.

I don’t know what the story was, who she was, or what it was all about. But I wished I could do something. Either comfort her if she was upset. Or calm them down if they were angry. I don’t know what it was.