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End of the Road
January 07, 2006
LIKE PAYPHONES, emergency call boxes are starting to vanish from America’s highways. Thanks in large part to the proliferation of cell phones, states and local government agencies are removing the call boxes all over America.
In December the Rhode Island Department of Transportation announced they are going to do away with all call boxes entirely. The decision to remove the antiquated call boxes will save the people of Rhode Island over $1 million (roughly $7,000 per call). It also brings to an end the dangerous practice of motorists walking along the high-speed interstate highway in order to make a phone call for assistance.
More recently in New Jersey, transportation officials are reviewing whether roadside call boxes should be pulled. Pennsylvania , California, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Louisiana are also removing call boxes in their states.
It is only a matter of time before the evening news does a nostalgic piece on the last call box in America. ■
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