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POLICE AND TAXICAB DISPATCHING Some Taxi companies used callboxes before the introduction of Two-way Radio dispatching, as a way for drivers to report to the dispatch office and receive customer requests for service. Taxi callboxes would be located at Taxi Stand s, where taxis would Queue for trips. Also before the introduction of two-way radios, some Police agencies installed callboxes or " Police Box es" at street locations as a way for Beat Officer s to report to their dispatch office. Before the development of Emergency Telephone Number s and the proliferation of Mobile Phone s, some Firefighting agencies installed callboxes at various street locations, so that a Pedestrian or driver spotting a Fire could quickly report it. MOTORIST AID CALL BOXES .]] Call boxes also exist at regular intervals along the sides of many Highway s and Rapid Transit lines around the world, where drivers or passengers can use them to contact a control centre in case of an Accident or other Emergency . Such call boxes are often marked by a blue Strobe Light which flashes briefly every few seconds. Boxes in remote areas often now have Solar Cell s to power them. ), black for minor service (out-of- Gas or flat Tire ), and yellow for cancel. Roads in other places may have voice call boxes, though these are more expensive, and must either be wired long distances, or rely on spotty Rural Mobile Phone service. SAFETY CALL BOXES On many North America n College and University Campus es today, callboxes are installed at various locations around campus so that students, staff, or visitors can contact campus Security in case of an emergency. Often, these are voice call boxes, running on a mobile phone service, and solar-powered so no Electricity needs to be run to them out in the middle of a Parking Lot , and so that they will still run in a Power Outage . SEE ALSO
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