1. A method for providing vehicular traffic information, comprising the steps of: monitoring signals on control and voice channels of a cellular telephone system by means of a plurality of receivers tuneable to a desired control or voice channel; analyzing the signals monitored on the control and voice channels of the cellular telephone system for recognition of an emergency, the steps of analyzing the signals including: detecting a preselected signal within the signals monitored on the control channels; monitoring a voice channel for a preselected signal for key words indicating an emergency; classifying the emergency in response to the detected key words; and generating vehicular traffic reports in response to analysis of the signals monitored on the control and voice channels.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of analyzing the signals includes detecting and recording call handoffs.