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Driver Safety Tips
Your mobile telephone gives you the powerful ability to communicate almost
anywhere, anytime, but an important responsibility accompanies the benefits
of mobile phones, one that every user must uphold. When driving a car, driving
is your first responsibility. When using your mobile phone behind the wheel of
a car, practice good common sense and remember the following tips:
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Use a hands free device to add an additional layer of convenience and
safety to your wireless phone with one of the many hands free accessories
available today.
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Let the person you are speaking with know you are driving; if necessary,
suspend the call in heavy traffic or hazardous weather conditions. Rain,
sleet, snow, ice and even heavy traffic can be hazardous.
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Do not take notes or look up phone numbers while driving. Typing up a "to
do" list or flipping through your address book takes attention away from
your primary responsibility of driving safely.
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Place calls when you are not moving or before pulling into traffic. Try to
plan calls when you will not be driving.
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Do not engage in stressful or emotional conversations that may be
distracting. Make people you are talking with aware you are driving and
suspend conversations that have the potential to divert your attention
from the road.
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Use your mobile phone to help others in emergencies. If you see an auto
accident, crime in progress or other serious emergency where lives are in
danger, call the emergency number, as you would want others to do for
you.
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If you see a broken down vehicle posing no serious hazard, a broken traffic
signal, a minor traffic accident where no one appears injured, or a vehicle
you know to be stolen, call roadside assistance, local traffic authority or
police station.
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