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05-16-2016, 07:41 PM
John Oliver explains why 911 is in desperate need of saving
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Between poor location tech**logy, butt dials and people treating it like their own personal IT guy,*911 has turned into a bit of a joke.
John Oliver explained on Last Week Tonight (http://mashable.com/category/last-week-tonight/?utm_campaign=Mash-BD-Synd-Tango-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-BD-Synd-Tango-All-Partial) why the emergency dis***** is in need of some overhaul.
"Even the Domi**es app can tell where you are and they've barely mastered the tech**logy to make a palatable pizza," he said.
SEE ALSO: John Oliver and 'Sesame Street' teach us that lead poisoning is still a huge problem (http://mashable.com/2016/04/18/john-oliver-sesame-street-lead/?utm_campaign=Mash-BD-Synd-Tango-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-BD-Synd-Tango-All-Partial)
The problem, according to Oliver, is that the vital service can't seem to get any attention from the government without some explicit, perfectly avoidable disaster. According to the segment, even "six years from **w, 911 could still be unable to find one out of ever five emergency callers." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/16/john-oliver-9-1-1/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Between poor location tech**logy, butt dials and people treating it like their own personal IT guy,*911 has turned into a bit of a joke.
John Oliver explained on Last Week Tonight (http://mashable.com/category/last-week-tonight/?utm_campaign=Mash-BD-Synd-Tango-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-BD-Synd-Tango-All-Partial) why the emergency dis***** is in need of some overhaul.
"Even the Domi**es app can tell where you are and they've barely mastered the tech**logy to make a palatable pizza," he said.
SEE ALSO: John Oliver and 'Sesame Street' teach us that lead poisoning is still a huge problem (http://mashable.com/2016/04/18/john-oliver-sesame-street-lead/?utm_campaign=Mash-BD-Synd-Tango-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-BD-Synd-Tango-All-Partial)
The problem, according to Oliver, is that the vital service can't seem to get any attention from the government without some explicit, perfectly avoidable disaster. According to the segment, even "six years from **w, 911 could still be unable to find one out of ever five emergency callers." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/16/john-oliver-9-1-1/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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