Create Link From Another Site And Set Tab To Active

I have a sample page with three tabs (tabs.html). Tabs are displayed as follows:
<ul class="tabs">
<li><a href="javascript:tabSwitch('tab_1', 'content_1');" id="tab_1" class="active">Tab 1</a></li>
<li><a href="javascript:tabSwitch('tab_2', 'content_2');" id="tab_2">Tab 2</a></li>
<li><a href="javascript:tabSwitch('tab_3', 'content_3');" id="tab_3">Tab 3</a></li>
</ul>

The JavaScript used to switch tabs is:
function tabSwitch(active, number, tab_prefix, content_prefix) {
for (var i = 1; i < number+1; i++) {
document.getElementById(content_prefix+i).style.display = 'none';
document.getElementById(tab_prefix+i).className = '';
}
document.getElementById(content_prefix+active).style.display = 'block';
document.getElementById(tab_prefix+active).className = 'selected';
}
Now, by default, when I link to tabs.html, the first tab is set to active. Is it possible to create a link from another site that links to tabs.html and forces the second or third tab to be active?