Don't know what it's like elsewhere but in the UK looking at your phone while driving is rife. Every other driver appears to be checking their phone and it's ridiculously dangerous. There's an absolute legend on YouTube called cycling Mikey who has sent video footage to the London police force of hundreds of drivers doing this in the capital and most have been prosecuted. NOTHING can be so urgent that it's worth risking your life and that of others so PUT THE SODDING PHONE DOWN!!!!

This is genius !

What makes it worse is that those people are often speeding, perhaps thinking that if it hasn't been red for too long they won't get into as much trouble. Wait a couple seconds AND look, particularly when you're on a bike. It's literally saved my life a couple of times.

This happens to me all the time! And then they bleed out. It's terrible. It'll probably happen again this afternoon and I hope to remember...

Again: They have to find you in order to help you.

DON'T touch someone lying on a downed electrical cable or in the water near one. Use something non-conductive to try to get them away from it.

Going with this theme, a falling knife has no handle. Let it fall, jump back to avoid it.

For pets, too. You don't want a ten kilogram missile flying around your car when you have a crash.

Crisis social worker & gun ?!? One of the main reasons why I never ever will visit the USA: It is such an unsafe and dangerous country, that everybody needs to carry a gun 24/7. And reason for it being dangerous and unsafe is: Everybody is carrying a gun. As a tourist, I am not allowed to do so. So I happily stay in this part of the world, where gun ownership and use is so heavily regulated, that even criminals need to do some effort to get hands on one. Result is less guns. However, the youth discovered knives, so this is adressed by making it harder for everybody under 18 to buy a knife in whatever shop.

And if you’re stuck under the snow, make a hole and spit, and dig the opposite way of where the spit falls.

Yes. Call someone out from the crowd. Point at someone and describe what they are wearing: ex- "You, in the blue shirt! (Pointing) Call 911!"

A kid at my high school had a seizure on the concrete handball courts - my genius classmate quickly slid his tennis racket under his spasming head preventing him from what would have been a serious head injury. Fantastically quick thinking for a 13yo!

I'm pretty much screwed if something happens. My house is basically in an alley, hard to find, and the navigator doesn't help. Each time I call someone to fix something at home, it's the same phone call. "Excuse me, where is your house? I am already here but can't find it. - Stay where you are, I am going out to look for you". Israel, but it may happen in any country.

Trains CANNOT stop fast. Even slow-moving ones.

I see that 48 hour thing in police procedural novels, but every cop I hear about says report the missing immediately. If your local cops or sheriff doesn't want to take the report, call the FBI or the state cops.

And if you aren't sure if someone is ODing, give them Narcan / naloxone anyway. If they're ODing you might save their life, if they aren't then it won't hurt them.

Why on Earth you should NOT call an ambulance is someone is overdosing?? That person could die and just because he used something illegal, we should do nothing??? The fact that he had to specify it, terrifies me...

When I reported my now ex missing, it was already 12 hours because he never showed up for work and he's a bit of a workaholic. I was told by missing persons it hadn't been 2 days and to call back then if he doesn't show up, and then I got interrogated on the phone about our homelife and why he could possibly have just taken off. Then they said "he's a big boy. He can take care of himself." I asked "So you're not even going to bother looking for me." She said "Nope. It's not a priority." If it were a women or child there would be amber alerts and the whole shebang immediately. The f****r ended up showing up 2 days later, saying he was with his buddy selling drugs or something. I kicked him out then his parents sent him back my way to "talk it out" with me.

And NEVER use flour to put out a fire on the stove. I've seen people mention that, and flour dust can be VERY explosive.

If you ever smell rotting fish in your house for no reason, it is usually the smell of electrical insulation breaking down and needs to be checked ASAP

Oil and grease fires - cover with a lid or toss flour or baking soda on it. You want to smother the fire. Water will splash the oil/grease potentially spreading the fire even onto you!

It's a good idea to make sure you have the correct lid for each pan, and have it within easy reach.

Good reminders

In addition to the pan on fire, you can also dump flour or baking soda on the flames since it’ll cut off the oxygen fueling the flames.

Water will make it blow up in a nice ball or rising fire. Did that as a kid to extinguish something i was cooking outside before mom came home! Learned to use it for special effects on a photoshoot for a job. Everyone thought I was a genius. LMAO

Sounds like you knew all along, smart instincts.

That last one.. I remember "chip pans" in the UK (basically a pan full of oil with a metal strainer in it). They caught fire often (my mother set fire to one once) and there were TV ads explaining that you had to use a damp cloth to put them out. If you put water in, it would sink and boil spraying burning oil everywhere.

Baking soda is also good for putting out grease fires.

The best thing to do when something catches fire on your stove is TO TURN IT OFF.

Or anything to smother the flames and to ,limit the oxygen getting to the fire.