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A non-geographic number is a type of telephone number that is not linked to any specific locality. Such numbers are an alternative to the traditional 'landline' numbers that are assigned geographically using a system of location-specific area codes.
The UK has two free emergency numbers: the traditional 999, which is still widely used, and the EU standard 112. Both 999 and 112 are used to contact all emergency services: Police, Fire Service, Ambulance Service and Coastguard. (Standard advice for Mountain Rescue or Cave Rescue is to ask the emergency operator for the police, who oversee the ...
The AA Foundation for Road Safety Research was created by the AA in 1986. [33] In 2002, the AA Motoring Trust charity was created to continue the AA's public interest and road safety activities; [34] its responsibilities were transferred to the IAM Motoring Trust, under the Institute of Advanced Motorists, at the end of 2006. [35]
aa-asterisk.org.uk. Archived from the original on 6 April 2014 – patterns for checking which area codes and prefixes are valid and patterns for formatting each number type, archived in 2014 "The first 25 years of UK STD code changes summarised" (PDF). Sam Hallas. May 2014. – detailed information and explanation
The 1 July changes also saw ‘freephone numbers’ 0800 and 0808 become free to call from both mobiles and landlines. 0500 numbers remained chargeable as previously from mobiles (free from landlines, also as previously), but these numbers were migrated to a new 0808 5 number range in June 2017, and are free from mobiles.
An emergency phone on the Welsh coast at Trefor featuring 999. (Note the keypad missing digits 4 - 0, with no instruction on how to dial 999 from this phone.) 999 is the official emergency number for the United Kingdom, but calls are also accepted on the European Union emergency number, 112.
AA roundel (town sign) near to Duncormick, County Wexford, Ireland An AA motorcycle sidecar were the same as those used in Ireland.. AA Ireland employs over 500 people and its head office is located at Maryland House, Dublin, with its Rescue Centre based in the city centre and central patrol garage located at Naas Road, Dublin.
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