What happens if you dial 911 in the UK?

Answer 1

911 is not an emergency number in the UK so normal telephone numbers can start with 911..., such as Bristol (0117) 911xxxx as one example.

What happens will depend on where you are dialing from:

• On a landline phone in an area that has some local telephone numbers beginning 911..., the exchange will think you are trying to dial a normal phone number. It will wait for you to dial the rest of the number for a while, then eventually time out and give you an error message.
• On a landline phone in areas that don't have any numbers starting 911... you would get a "number not recognised" message at some point while dialling the three digits
• From a mobile phone, your call should be rejected unless your phone's software interprets 911 as an emergency number and then routes your call to the normal 999 / 112 system.

****************************************************************************************Currently, in 2013, you can call 911 in the UK and it will connect you to the police. Why? Well, because many children in the UK watch american shows, they will call 911, in the shows, in case of anemergencyso kids pick the idea up and ring 911 in an emergency, so the police made it so that it is possible to ring 911 in an emergency, in the UK.