by RedSoxSuck
Ken W2KB wrote:>>>That is an idea, but I doubt that the actual infrastructure is in place for that (like, I think they would have to run new wires all along the ROW).<<<That is a good point about the wireless phones. However, ANY type of solution that either of us has mentioned will be subjected to false alarms.
Highway emergency phones use radio or cellular, no need for wire. The problem is that phones are targets for vandals and false alarms. Not a real issue on a limiited access hignway where anyone stopping or on foot attracts police attention, but a grade crossing has lots of foot traffic so no one would notice, particularly at night.
Also, many cities have removed fire pullboxes because of the false alarm problem, since most bona fide alarms were called in from nearby buildings or cellular.