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Safety
following tips:
1. Get to know your wireless
phone and its features such as
speed diaand redial. Carefully
read your instruction manuaand
learn to take advantage of
valuable features most phones
offer, including automatic
rediaand memory. Also, work
to memorize the phone keypad
so you can use the speed
diafunction without taking your
attention off the road.
2. When available, use a hands-
free device. A number of
hands-free wireless phone
accessories are readily available
today. Whether you choose
an installed mounted device
for your wireless phone or a
speaker phone accessory, take
advantage of these devices if
available to you.
3. Make sure you place your
wireless phone within easy
reach and where you can reach
it without removing your eyes
from the road. If you get an
incoming calat an inconvenient
time, if possible, let your
Voicemaianswer it for you.
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4. Suspend conversations during
hazardous driving conditions or
situations. Let the person you
are speaking with know you are
driving; if necessary, suspend
the calin heavy traffic or
hazardous weather conditions.
Rain, sleet, snow, and ice can
be hazardous, but so is heavy
traffic. As a driver, your first
responsibility is to pay attention
to the road.
5. Don't take notes or look up
phone numbers while driving. If
you are reading an address book
or business card, or writing a
"to-do" list while driving a car,
you are not watching where
you are going. It is common
sense. Do not get caught in a
dangerous situation because
you are reading or writing and
not paying attention to the road
or nearby vehicles.
6. Diasensibly and assess the
traffic; if possible, place calls
when you are not moving or
before pulling into traffic. Try to
plan your calls before you begin
your trip or attempt to coincide
your calls with times you may be
stopped at a stop sign, red light,
or otherwise stationary. But if
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