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Edinburgh Live
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Rachel Pugh & Dayna McAlpine

Drivers urged to check their vehicles for 'live-saving' SOS button

Most people have no idea that their vehicle may in fact have a button that could save their lives in an emergency - and are now being urged to check their cars for one.

Four years ago today, new legislation meant that all new types of cars and vans must have the emergency call system known as eCall – which includes an SOS button fitted in the vehicle.

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