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Safety
2.Whenavailable,useahands-freedevice.Anumberofhands-free
wirelessphoneaccessoriesarereadilyavailabletoday.Whetheryou
chooseaninstalledmounteddeviceforyourwirelessphoneoraspeaker
phoneaccessory,takeadvantageofthesedevicesifavailabletoyou.
3.Makesureyouplaceyourwirelessphonewithineasyreachandwhere
youcanreachitwithoutremovingyoureyesfromtheroad.Ifyouget
anincomingcallataninconvenienttime,ifpossible,letyourvoicemail
answeritforyou.
4.Suspendconversationsduringhazardousdrivingconditionsorsituations.
Letthepersonyouarespeakingwithknowyouaredriving;ifnecessary,
suspendthecallinheavytrafcorhazardousweatherconditions.Rain,
sleet,snow,andicecanbehazardous,butsoisheavytrafc.Asadriver,
yourrstresponsibilityistopayattentiontotheroad.
5.Don’ttakenotesorlookupphonenumberswhiledriving.Ifyouare
readinganaddressbookorbusinesscard,orwritinga“to-dolistwhile
drivingacar,youarenotwatchingwhereyouaregoing.Itiscommon
sense.Donotgetcaughtinadangeroussituationbecauseyouare
readingorwritingandnotpayingattentiontotheroadornearbyvehicles.
6.Dialsensiblyandassessthetrafc;ifpossible,placecallswhenyouare
notmovingorbeforepullingintotrafc.Tr y toplanyourcallsbeforeyou
beginyourtriporattempttocoincideyourcallswithtimesyoumaybe
stoppedatastopsign,redlight,orotherwisestationary.Butifyouneed
todialwhiledriving,followthissimpletip-dialonlyafewnumbers,
checktheroadandyourmirrors,thencontinue.
7. Donotengageinstressfuloremotionalconversationsthatmaybe
distracting.Stressfuloremotionalconversationsanddrivingdonotmix;
theyaredistractingandevendangerouswhenyouarebehindthewheel
ofacar.Makepeopleyouaretalkingwithawareyouaredrivingandif
necessary,suspendconversationswhichhavethepotentialtodivertyour
attentionfromtheroad.
8.Useyourwirelessphonetocallforhelp.Yourwirelessphoneisoneof
thegreatesttoolsyoucanowntoprotectyourselfandyourfamilyin
dangeroussituations--withyourphoneatyourside,helpisonlythree
numbersaway.Dial911 orotherlocalemergencynumberinthecaseof
re,trafcaccident,roadhazard,ormedicalemergency.Remember,it’s
afreecallonyourwirelessphone!
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