The thing with cell phones and cellphone-GPS combos is that RIGHT NOW most 911 units don't automatically read them. Notice that T-Mobile engineers were crunching the math to locate these signals. In my case a relative will get a text message with a lat-long from my GPS and told to send help. If they determine that means calling 911, so-be-it.

At first I was a bit PO'd that my phone has aGPS but that no one can read it out. Now I think that maybe it's just as well. In an urban setting where time is critical (homefires, B&E, rapes) and the phone can pin-point its location quickly it may be good, but I'm not so sure it's necessary when all someone really needs is a tow, which is really all the Kim's needed until after they'd been stuck for a couple days.

So I send my text message and the relatives call a tow truck for me -- that works. If I was in voice contact, I'd have called roadside assistance too.