HIGHWAY EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS - THE FREEWAY TELEPHONE

THE FREEWAY EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SYSTEM IN LOS ANGELES IS DESCRIBED. PUBLIC USE OF THE CALL BOXES HAS BEEN INCREASING BY SOME 15% A MONTH AS MORE PEOPLE DISCOVER THE SYSTEM. TOWING SERVICE REQUESTS ACCOUNT FOR 55% OF THE CALLS; ANOTHER 35% ARE PUBLIC SERVICE REQUESTS FREQUENTLY ASKING THE POLICE OPERATORS TO RELAY A STRANDED MOTORIST'S CALL. PUBLIC SAFETY MESSAGES SUCH AS TRAFFIC HAZARD REPORTS ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT 8%. TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND ERRATIC DRIVERS ACCOUNT FOR ONLY 2% OF THE CALLS RECEIVED. CRITICISM OF THE SYSTEM IS BASED ON ITS HIGH COST AND RELATIVELY HOW USE BY THE PUBLIC. /HSL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Calfornia Highway Patrol

  P.O. Box 942898
  Sacramento, CA  United States  94298-0001
• Publication Date: 1969

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Disasters and emergency operations; Hazards and emergency operations; Telephone; Towing devices; Traffic crashes
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225857
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Report/Paper Numbers: 9 pp
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 9 1970 12:00AM