Article: Call boxes weigh on county: Federal suit by hearing-impaired complicates issue.

Byline: Scott Vanhorne

Apr. 15--Roadside lifelines for stranded and injured motorists have become an albatross for San Bernardino County's transportation agency as it struggles to maintain and operate call boxes along 1,706 miles of highway with limited funds.

Things got harder Thursday when advocates for the hearing-impaired filed a class-action lawsuit in U.S. District Court in San Francisco against San Bernardino and Riverside counties and seven other counties because their call boxes are not equipped with keyboards for disabled drivers.

The California Association of the Deaf and four hearing-impaired people claim the boxes violate federal ...

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