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pi 8 economist suntribune thursday september 18 1997 september n i wheels cellular samaritans helping people in need lending a hand in medical emergencies reporting impaired drivers and aiding in apprehending criminals may sound like work for the police and not for the average person but more and more citizens are jumping into urgent situations and making their communities better places to live in thousands of people have made the call that saves a life or protects property who are these modern day heroes they are know as cellular samaritans and every month they make an average of 30000 calls to 911 using cellular phones thou sands more calls are made to local police emergency numbers cellular samaritans make communities safer on a dark cold night the phone was the best tool i could have had this sentiment expressed by one per son recognized as a cellular samaritan is shared by many people who have submit ted stories for consideration for mobility canadas or cantel annual cellular 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graduate castbackprocam based on total ftauruslsye combined fscries passenger recjrsvations may 1997 cy70 pca canada vehicle infonrution service uased on autornob journalist association of ciruovautofaos ford credit oniario fmda po box 2000 oalviuv- oniario 16 5e4 stay calm when speaking with police and emergency dispatchers provide your exact location the direction you are travelling in the route you are on and any land marks in the area provide as much detail as pos sible colour make and model and license plate of vehicles descrip tion of people involved every person has the power to lend a hand and help another per son in need this is a persons worst night mare and is precisely why my hus band bought a cellular phone for me said one cellular samaritan who helped a car accident victim get help during a blizzard car thefts costs every canadian automobile theft is often thought of as a minor crime but in reality its a serious problem in our society lets dispel some of the more common myths around this growing problem myth 1 only sports cars or deluxe models are stolen who would want a two or three-year- old ordinary car authorities report that the most popular makes are the most likely stolen and the least likely to be recovered ordinary sedans are the backbone of the lucrative stolen used parts mar ket and therefore are the least frequently recovered myth 2 car theft is not really a big issue and everything is usuafc ly covered by insurance anyway in canada thieves steap a vehicle every five and a quarter minutes and a vehicle is broken into every thirty seconds auto theft is a crime that everyone pays for especially insurers when their premiums are due said deborah blewett an auto int rt with the cooperators car theft costs canadian con sumers about 375 million- a year in insurance premiums for unrecovered vehicles damage to vehicles that are stolen and later recovered and items stolen from vehicles myth 3 canada has a much please see page 19 e