A telephone system includes a user-carried emergency communication system in combination with a cellular telephone. A heat exchanger is in fluid communication with the heat conducting element. The megacells are placed and moved in a footprint of the circuit in a manner to reduce placement complexity. The engine torque requirement is assessed for delivering the requested acceleration that can be developed from the engine while maintaining the automatic transmission in the same gear in which engine-idle driving is taking place. The feedback signal is subtracted from an input signal, and the resultant difference signal is input to a first filter stage. The feed pad is provided on one line of the parallel-wire.