AA Box a thing of the past
N 54° 17.730 W 001° 57.612
30U E 567673 N 6016898
Soon, just 21 of the AA's early wooden boxes will remain standing, with their phones removed.
Waymark Code: WM8BX9
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/09/2010
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The first of the roadside sentry boxes was built at Ashtead in Surrey in 1911.
"The boom in mobile phones has made our roadside phones virtually redundant," said the AA's director of road services
Motorists once relied on the AA's roadside phones to call for breakdown help.
But the famous yellow emergency posts which dot Britain's road network will soon be a thing of the past.
The AA has announced that they are to be phased out, because drivers no longer use them.
21st century communication means the AA can now send text messages to mobiles, telling their members when the breakdown patrol will arrive.
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