spot / fred

[Fred Hink]

Last year there was a guy riding the Trans American Trail by himself and he had a SPOT with him. Trouble was he wasn t careful and packed his GPS in his pack so that the HELP button was being pushed at random times. Everyone and I mean EVERYONE was looking for this guy as he sent out the alarm that he was in trouble. I don t think the authorities ever did get their hands on this guy because he kept moving, but it would have been an interesting altercation to observe. Abuse of the SPOT system will mess it up for everyone. Fred http://www.arrowheadmotorsports.com From: mark ward Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 6:10 PM To: List KLR Subject: [DSN_KLR650] SPOT / Fred I talked to someone (young guy) at spot, they said NOT all 911 calls count, it must be LIFE threating. The next (ADULT) lady said can be used ONLY if MEDICAL AND an Ambulance is NEEDED!!!. (can not walk or drive away.) NOT!! for simple, I NEED PLOICE, but for NON Injury accident, Robbery etc.. Not sure if there would be repructions is used for NON MEDICAL ER. Anyone that KNOWS any info ADD HERE, ________ Thanks. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]