emergency call box
Highway help station
An emergency call box is a station, typically mounted on a pole or wall, equipped with a phone or button to summon help.
They're placed along highways for stranded motorists, on college campuses for safety, and in parking structures.
Most connect directly to police or emergency services: She ran to the emergency call box after witnessing the accident.
- highwayMajor road for travel
- roadsideAdjacent to pavement
- rest stopRoadside traveler facility
- roadside assistanceEmergency help for motorists
- SOSMorse distress code
panic · button · blue · light · police · 911 · highway patrol · stranded · breakdown · flat tire · motorist · intercom · safety · help · tower · parking · garage · parking structure
- emergency facilitiesfire station, police station, hospital, ER, 911 center
- law enforcementFBI, police station, patrolmen, police officer, cop
- roadsidehighway, rest stop, interstate, rest area, turnpike
- school safetyschool safety, lockdown, lockdown drill, safe schools, fire drill
- towingtow truck, tow trucks, towing, flatbed, trailer hitch
emergency call boxmobile phone
Portable wireless telephone
cell phone · smartphone · portable radio · walkie-talkie · satellite phone
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