| New 511 service is expanding across the country and | | | | Eventually this information will be available on in-car |
| will soon be in all states. Like 911 there will be | | | | GPS systems. In fact your GPS may communicate |
| dispatchers and they will tell you what the weather is | | | | with the satellite to tell others behind you the |
| like ahead in your intended direction of travel. If there | | | | estimated time to cross thru an area or construction |
| are delays, road construction or inclement weather | | | | zone, indicated exactness of time delays. Isn't |
| you will know immediately. It is estimated that this | | | | technology great, think of how this will help save you |
| service will save the lives of travelers and truck | | | | time and keep you informed on the road ahead. We |
| drivers; some estimates are in the neighborhood of | | | | sure have come a long ways since the little black |
| 3000-4000 per year, not to mention the injuries, | | | | strip across the road counting traffic haven't we? |
| which will not occur. | | | | You may already have 511 service available in your |
| Intelligent transportation systems are the wave of | | | | state and not even know it yet, give it a call and |
| the future and the new 511 service staffed 24/7 is | | | | see, as it is already in 12 states and growing each |
| part of that plan. This 511 service will be hooked into | | | | quarter. All this is helping the flow of transportation in |
| metro traffic centers in a net-centric approach. | | | | our civilization, think on this. |