THE FEASIBILITY OF INSTALLING EMERGENCY CALL EQUIPMENT ON RURAL FREEWAYS AND STUDY OF EFFECTIVENESS OF AN EMERGENCY CALL SYSTEM

AN EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM ON RURAL FREEWAYS IS DESIRABLE BUT EXPENSIVE. SINCE MOST STOPPED MOTORISTS ARE SEEN BY THE HIGHWAY PATROL WITHIN 15-30 MINUTES, AND SINCE IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE AVERAGE COST PER CALL ($60-$150) WOULD BE HIGH, AN EMERGENCY SYSTEM CANNOT BE ECONOMICALLY JUSTIFIED AT THIS KIND OF LOCATION. /BPR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Hpr1(5), H-3-3, 13-629109
• Corporate Authors:

  California Division of Highways

  Bridge Department
  Sacramento, CA  United States  05914
• Publication Date: 1967-11

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Communication systems; Costs; Disasters and emergency operations; Freeways; Hazards and emergency operations; Police patrol; Rural highways
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225674
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Traffic Systems Reviews & Abstracts
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 27 1970 12:00AM