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Smart Practices While Driving
Check the laws and regulations on the use of mobile devices and accessories such as your BlueAnt
device in the areas where you drive. Always obey them. Do not use mobile devices and accessories in
areas where their use is prohibited or restricted.
Your BlueAnt device lets you communicate by voice—almost anywhere, anytime, wherever wireless
service is available and safe conditions allow. When driving a car, driving is your first responsibility.
If you choose to use your Bluetooth device while driving, remember the following tips:
• Get to know your BlueAnt device and its features such as speed dial and redial. If available,
these features help you to place your call without taking your attention off the road.
• Position your mobile device within easy reach. Be able to access your mobile device without
removing your eyes from the road. If you receive an incoming call at an inconvenient time, if
possible, let your voice mail answer it for you.
• Let the person you are speaking to know you are driving; if necessary, suspend the call in
heavy traffic or hazardous weather conditions. Rain, sleet, snow, ice, and heavy traffic can be
hazardous.
• Do not take notes or look up phone numbers while driving. Jotting down a "to do" list or going
through your address book takes attention away from your primary responsibility: driving safely.
• Dial sensibly and assess the traffic; if possible, place calls when your car is not moving or before
pulling into traffic. If you must make a call while moving, 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. Make people you
are talking to aware you are driving and suspend conversations that can divert your attention
away from the road.
• Use your mobile device to help others in emergencies. In the case of fire, traffic accidents,
medical or other serious emergencies, dial the local emergency number.
• Call roadside assistance or a special non-emergency wireless assistance number when
necessary. If you see a broken-down vehicle posing no serious hazard, a broken traffic signal,
a minor traffic accident where no one appears injured, or a vehicle you know to be stolen, call
roadside assistance or other special non-emergency wireless number.
