Here is a picture of what happens when a phone box gets hit by a car. Yates City Phone Company just bags the lines sticking out of the ground. This is ok if you are just doing it until it can be properly repaired. This was over a week and a half ago. Think of the condensation in there from the weather we have been having lately.
Lets see how long it takes.
They have already worked on the bag once this last week. This box was replaced over 2 months after this picture was taken. You can see how the line is pulled away from the house. Fatigue and it breaks. This is what is happening to this line.