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Driving
Check the laws and regulations on the use of wireless phones in the areas where you drive and always
obey them. Also, if using your phone while driving, please observe the following:
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Give full attention to driving -- driving safely is your first responsibility;
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Use hands-free operation, if available;
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Pull off the road and park before making or answering a call if driving conditions or the law require
it.
10 Driver Safety Tips
Your wireless phone gives you the powerful ability to communicate by voice almost anywhere, anytime.
An important responsibility accompanies the benefits of wireless phones, one that every user must uphold.
When operating a car, driving is your first responsibility.
When using your wireless phone behind the wheel of a car, practice good common sense and remember
the following tips:
1. Get to know your wireless phone and its features such as speed dial and redial. Carefully read
your instruction manual and learn to take advantage of valuable features most phones offer,
including automatic redial and memory. Also, work to memorize the phone keypad so you can
use the speed dial function 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 call at an inconvenient time, if possible,
let your voicemail answer it for you.
4. Suspend conversations during hazardous driving conditions or situations. 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, 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. Dial sensibly 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 you
need to dial while driving, follow this simple tip -- dial only a few numbers, check the road and
your mirrors, then continue.
7. Do not engage in stressful or emotional conversations that may be distracting. Stressful or
emotional conversations and driving do not mix; they are distracting and even dangerous when
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