Post by HOLLYWOOD STEVE on Apr 12, 2004 23:28:43 GMT -5
IT IS OFFICIAL, ALL CALL BOXES ARE BEING REMOVED FROM INTERSTATE 81 IN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY. THE SAME HIGHWAY WERE WE SEEN 30 TO 40 VEHICLES ACCIDENT (MULTIPLE VEHICLES WITH ENTRAPMENT) A COUPLE TIMES THIS WINTER (JUST THE BEGINNING) THE CALL BOXES WORKED GREAT WHEN THE WERE WORKING (DID NOT GET KNOCK DOWN BY A PENN DOT TRUCK WHEN PLOWING SNOW). NOW THE STATE SAYS IT IS TO EXPENSIVE TO FIX THEM SO THEY ARE ALL GETTING REMOVED. THEY WERE FIRST PUT IN RIGHT AFTER THE BIG ACCIDENT AT THE HEGINS EXIT A FEW YEARS AGO (50-60 VEHICLE PILE UP). BUT THE STATE SAYS THEY ARE NO LONGER NEEDED. YEAH RIGHT, THEY WERE A BIG HELP IN PROPERLY LOCATING EMERGENCY ON INTERSTATE 81. I HAVE BEEN ON MANY INCIDENTS THE CALL BOX WAS USED. NOT ONE INCIDENT WE GOT THE WRONG LOCATION. BUT THE STATE SAY'S EVERY BODY HAS CELL PHONES. BUT DO EVERY BODY HAS THEM? I TRAVEL THE INTERSTATE EVERY DAY TO WORK IN CAMPHILL. MY CELL PHONE LOOSES IT SIGNAL MANY PLACES (LIKE HEGINS AREA, WERE I HAD A DOUBLE FATAL ACCIDENT BACK IN LABOR DAY WEEKEND 2003) SO IT WOULD REALLY SUCK IF YOU NEED HELP AND YOUR PHONE DOES NOT WORK! BUT THE CALL BOX WOULD WORK, IT DOES NOT HAVE TO HIT ANY TOWER FOR A SIGNAL) PLUS, MOST CALLERS ARE FROM OUTER STATE AND DO NOT KNOW WHERE THEY ARE AT ON THE INTERSTATE (MILE MARKER SIGNS ARE VERY SMALL AND IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE IN THE FOG) ONE CELL CALLER CALLED IN AN ACCIDENT ONE TIME INVOLVING FIRE AND ENTRAPMENT, UNITS WHERE DISPATCH TO MILE MARKER 108 (TREMONT TWP) BUT UNITS DID NOT FIND ANYTHING, VEHICLE LEFT THE SCENE. BUT THE REAL INCIDENT WAS AT MILE MARKER 138 NEAR MCADOO, THE CALLER WAS CONFUSED OF HIS LOCATION. SO I GUESS US FIRST RESPONDERS WHO PATROL THE INTERSTATE 81 SHOULD GET USE TO THESE F*#& UPS. BECAUSE, WE KNOW BACK TO THE OLD SYSTEM AGAIN. HOW MANY LIVES IS IT GOING TO TAKE? I HOPE NOT MINE!
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