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A green plate carrying a handset.
Also known as: Emergency phone Japan
Marks an emergency telephone on a Japanese expressway.
Is kept on the Japanese expressway network although mobile coverage is close to complete, because the fixed telephone reports its own location to the control room and a mobile caller who does not know where they are cannot.
Contexts: Road signage
An upright rectangle in a solid tone carrying a telephone handset in a contrasting tone, lying on its side with the cord omitted.