Failure of Authorities

unholyangel

Silver-Surfer wrote: »

In a civilised world it's the quickest way to locate the incident and allocate a resource to the job.

Perhaps they need it for their sat navs.

Silver-Surfer_2

unholyangel wrote: »

Perhaps they need it for their sat navs.

No it's the way their control systems are set up. The quickest way to identify the location is by a postcode search. It rules out multiples of the same named road.

sahi28

No, 1 letter different post code.

unholyangel

Silver-Surfer wrote: »

No it's the way their control systems are set up. The quickest way to identify the location is by a postcode search. It rules out multiples of the same named road.

But obviously not the way they all have their systems set up, else I'd have been asked the postcode also

unholyangel

sahi28 wrote: »

No, 1 letter different post code.

I'm guessing either a neighbouring street or the houses across the road from you was the correct address then?

Silver-Surfer_2

unholyangel wrote: »

But obviously not the way they all have their systems set up, else I'd have been asked the postcode also

It's a pretty backwards authority that works that way then.

Silver-Surfer_2

sahi28 wrote: »

No, 1 letter different post code.

Are the two letters easily confused and do the street names sound similar?

sahi28

The 2 roads are closely located. However, the road name signs are clearly shown on the roads.

Silver-Surfer_2

sahi28 wrote: »

The 2 roads are closely located. However, the road name signs are clearly shown on the roads.

Yeah but they probably went to the road they were sent to.

unholyangel

Silver-Surfer wrote: »

It's a pretty backwards authority that works that way then.

You seem quite bitter that anyone would ever dare do it differently. Why do you think its backwards? Most people don't know every single postcode (or even a decent number of postcodes) therefore perhaps the forces here think any potential benefit of asking it is outweighed by the detriment.