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A Guide to Safe and Responsible Wireless Phone Use
TENS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THE U.S. TODAY TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THE UNIQUE COMBINATION OF
CONVENIENCE, SAFETY AND VALUE DELIVERED BY THE
WIRELESS TELEPHONE. QUITE SIMPLY, THE WIRELESS
PHONE GIVES PEOPLE THE POWERFUL ABILITY TO
COMMUNICATE BY VOICE-ALMOST ANYWHERE,
ANYTIMEWITH THE BOSS, WITH A CLIENT, WITH THE KIDS,
WITH EMERGENCY PERSONNEL OR EVEN WITH THE
POLICE. EACH YEAR, AMERICANS MAKE BILLIONS OF
CALLS FROM THEIR WIRELESS PHONES, AND THE
NUMBERS ARE RAPIDLY GROWING.
But an important responsibility accompanies those
benefits, one that every wireless phone user must
uphold. When driving a car, driving is your first
responsibility. A wireless phone can be an invaluable
tool, but good judgment must be exercised at all
times while driving a motor vehicle whether on the
phone or not.
The basic lessons are ones we all learned as
teenagers. Driving requires alertness, caution and
courtesy. It requires a heavy dose of basic common
sense-keep your head up, keep your eyes on the
road, check your mirrors frequently and watch out for
other drivers. It requires obeying all traffic signs and
signals and staying within the speed limit. It means
using seat belts and requiring other passengers to do
the same.
But with wireless phone use, driving safely means a
little more. This brochure is a call to wireless phone
Health and Safety Information
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