Good piece of advice - worth a read.

  Please pass on.......

  A bit of useful advice (from the USA Association of Industrial Road
  Safety Officers) - 

  This advice is true regardless of which country you live so please take note of the advice and keep your mobile to hand, somewhere you can actually reach it..........

  This actually happened to someone's daughter.

  Lauren was 19 yrs old and in college. This story takes place over the
  Christmas/New Year's holiday break. It was the Saturday before New
  Year
  and it was about 1.00pm in the afternoon, and Lauren was driving to
  visit a friend, when an UNMARKED police car pulled up behind her and
  put
  its lights on. Lauren's parents have 4 children (of various ages) and
  have always told them never to pull over for an unmarked car on the
  side
  of the road, but rather wait until they get to a service station,
  etc.

  So Lauren remembered her parents' advice, and telephoned 999/112 from her
  mobile phone. This connected her to the police dispatcher. She told
  the
  dispatcher that there was an unmarked police car with a flashing BLUE
  light on his rooftop behind her and that she would not pull over
  right
  away but wait until she was in a service station or busy area. The
  dispatcher checked to see if there was a police car where she was and
  there wasn't and he told her to keep driving, remain calm and that he
  had back-up already on the way.

  Ten minutes later 4 police cars surrounded her and the unmarked car
  behind her.

  One policeman went to her side and the others surrounded the car
  behind.

  They pulled the guy from the car and tackled him to the
  ground.........the man was a convicted rapist and wanted for other
  crimes.

  I never knew that bit of advice, but especially for a woman alone in
  a car, you do not have to pull over for an UNMARKED car.

  Apparently police have to respect your right to keep going to a
  "safe" place.

  You obviously need to make some signals that you acknowledge them

  i.e., put on your hazard lights or call 999/112 like Lauren did.

  Too bad the mobile phone companies don't give you this little bit of
  wonderful information.

  So now it's your turn to let your friends know about 999/112.

  Please pass on to all your friends, especially any females. Send this link on http://www.i-t-s.co.uk/caution_on_the_road.html