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From: 0002003441@mcimail.com (Paul Wilczynski)
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Subject: Re: Pennsylvania Turnpike: New Cellular Emergency Number
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Date: 20 Aug 90 09:15:00 GMT
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Nigel Allen <contact!ndallen@uunet.uu.net>, from a press release,
writes ...

> From {Motor Truck} Magazine, Toronto, August 1990
 
>Seven cellular carriers in Pennsylvania are cooperating with
>the turnpike authority to provide the toll-free service, the first
>highway in the U.S. to provide cellular direct-dial emergency service.

The first highway, huh?  They must have a pretty sophisticated system
to stop the service from working once I get off the Turnpike! <grin>

Massachusetts has had a similar system for quite a while.  It's not
restricted (!) to highways, though.