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Guidelines for safe and effi cient use (Continued)
Driver Safety Tips
Your wireless telephone gives you the
powerful ability to communicate by voice -
almost anywhere, anytime. But an important
responsibility accompanies the benefi ts of
wireless phones, one that every user must
uphold. When driving a car, driving is your
fi rst responsibility. When using your wireless
phone behind the wheel of a car, practice
good common sense and remember the
following tips:
• Use a hands free device. If possible, add
an additional layer of convenience and
safety to your wireless phone with one of
the many hands free accessories available
today.
• Let the person you are speaking with know
you are driving; if necessary, suspend the
call in heavy traffi c or hazardous weather
conditions. Rain, sleet, snow, ice and even
heavy traffi c can be hazardous.
• Do not take notes or look up phone
numbers while driving. Jotting down a "to
do" list or fl ipping through your address
book takes attention away from your
primary responsibility, driving safely.
• If possible, place calls when you are not
moving or before pulling into traffi c. Try to
plan calls when you will not be driving.
• 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.
• Use your wireless phone to call emergency
services for yourself or others in the
case of fi re, traffi c accident or medical
emergincies;
- Australia Dial (0-0-0)
- New Zealand Dial (1-1-1)
- International Dial (1-1-2)
- other local emergency number.
Remember, it is a free call on your wireless
phone for emergency services.
• Use your wireless 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.
• Use your wireless phone to help others
in emergencies, if you see an auto
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