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When available, use a hands-free device. A number of hands-free wireless phone
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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.
Make sure you place your wireless phone within easy reach and where you can
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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.
Suspend conversations during hazardous driving conditions or situations. Let the
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person you are speaking with know you are driving; if necessary, suspend the call
in heavy trafic or hazardous weather conditions. Rain, sleet, snow, and ice can
be hazardous, but so is heavy trafic. As a driver, your irst responsibility is to pay
attention to the road.
Don't take notes or look up phone numbers while driving. If you are reading an
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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.
Dial sensibly and assess the trafic; if possible, place calls when you are not
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moving or before pulling into trafic. 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.
Do not engage in stressful or emotional conversations that may be distracting.
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Stressful or emotional conversations and driving do not mix; they are distracting
and even dangerous when you are behind the wheel of a car. Make people you are
talking with aware you are driving and if necessary, suspend conversations which
have the potential to divert your attention from the road.
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