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Guidelines for safe and efficient use
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:
Use a hands free device to add an additional layer of convenience and safety to your
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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
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call in heavy traffic or hazardous weather conditions. Rain, sleet, snow, ice and even
heavy traffic can be hazardous.
Do not take notes or look up phone numbers while driving. Typing up a "to do"
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list or flipping through your address book takes attention away from your primary
responsibility of driving safely.
Place calls when you are not moving or before pulling into traffic. Try to plan calls
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when you will not be driving.
Do not engage in stressful or emotional conversations that may be distracting. Make
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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 mobile phone to help others in emergencies. If you see an auto accident,
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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.
If you see a broken down vehicle posing no serious hazard, a broken traffic signal,
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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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