Originally posted by thoraxe
The telephone polls carry live electricity which cannot be shut off, and there is no effective way to shield them from impact from a car.
Ummm how would you guess they extricate patients from let's say, a flipped suv that smacked the pole and then knocked it over and draped live wires across the car and surrounding area?
They can shut down power lines if need be. I understand that they cant just be turned off lickity split but they can be turned off if you give 1 quick call to say, Teco or someone of that nature.