Too Many Yuppies With Locator Beacons?

a waste of urgently needed resources.
I wonder how many are left desperate while this is going on.

I know that a lot of people are able to purchase these now and yes it may cause some stupid calls, but what about those that truly need(ed)this device. I remember seeing these during a documentary on Nat Geo and they were talking about how this group of hikers were caught in an avalanche, all but one of them were either not covered or easily got out of the snow and if it wasn´t for the beacon he would have died.

Too bad that there couldn´t be a certain guidelines and rules set up where it states that if you use the Beacon for ANYTHING other than a true emergency(include what those would be, get specifics from the rescue group in that area)you will be charged the FULL amount it took for the rescue copter and the staff to show up.

the state the worlds economy is in they had better fix this fee pronto. Or services will crash!

just charge them for hte call out. Most full resuce emerge call outs cost upwards of 10k. see how they feel paying that after feeling a little ´cold and wet´ or ´scared of a thunder storm´

Yep! That´s why I said that they need to sign some form when they get these things that they understand if the beacon is misused for any purpose they will in turn be responsible for whatever the costs are for the time they spent and was wasted. I´m not sure about the accidental with the backpacks unless they can somehow make it a little harder to set off without making it impossible in a real emergency.

Many municipalities have long been doing this with burglar alarm calls.

Oh and.... this is a tiny problem compared with the number of false calls made to 911. Granted, the response costs are more per call but our 911 call centers all over the country receive tens of thousands false or prank calls each year.

BB

Yes they are. If anyone could have access to a scanner and have in on for one whole week they would think again when they say that the police don´t do anything. I know it would be busier or hardly any traffic depending on where you live but still to listen to the calls you would understand how each shift is messed up and how many idiots you have in your town. I live in a mid-sized town or so they say and we have at least 10-15 calls each night that were hang-ups in some way. Shots fired has been picking up as the economy stays down and domestics are ALL over no matter what time of day or night.

I wonder how much it is costing us tax payers for each call out to a house where a somestic is and they are told by the people to never mind. They will continue to go there each call, because which one will finally end up either shot or stabbed.

think if those devices would be as expensive as they were at the beginning then less non-emergency calls would be expected i think.

That´s because you don´t understand American Yuppies.

These are people who use credit cards and mortgage refinances to purchase as many material items as they possibly can in life. Doesn´t matter whether they actually need them or not and they only look at the price so they´ll know what to tell their friends they spent.

These people are the reason Americans are seen as wasteful, shallow dolts to the rest of the world.

BB

yes, from it i can imagine how it maybe in there, ya, many people are glad if they can tell others what a special items they got. I don´t think so i´d be that kind.