Can you still call 911 from a cell phone even after the service is shut off?

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12. The kind of emergency where my car slides off the road during a blizzard

And no one knows I am there. And there was a chance I would freeze to death.

That kind of emergency.

As for a car breakdown if the car stops in the middle of the road somewhere and is blocking traffic that is something the county police would want to be aware of so they can come out and put some flares down and call a wrecker.

This is a very rural area. No call boxes here. Just corn fields as far as the eye can see.

I would not call 911 if my car broke down in a grocery store parking lot. I would just go in and use the payphone to call a mechanic.

Common sense rules.

Don