109
Sa
fe
ty
speed dial function without
taking y
our a
ttention off the
road.
2.
When a
vailable, use a hands-
fr
ee de
vice. A n
umber of
hands-fr
ee wir
ele
ss phone
acce
ssorie
s ar
e r
eadil
y
av
ailable t
oda
y. Whe
ther y
ou
choose an inst
alled mount
ed
de
vice for y
our wir
ele
ss phone
or a speak
er phone acce
ssory
,
ta
ke
adv
ant
age of the
se
de
vice
s if a
vailable t
o y
ou.
3.
Mak
e sur
e y
ou place y
our
wir
ele
ss phone within ea
sy
reach and wher
e y
ou can
reach it without r
emo
ving
your e
ye
s fr
om the r
oad. If
you ge
t an incoming call a
t an
incon
venient time, if possible,
le
t y
our v
oicemail answ
er it for
you.
4. Suspend con
ve
rs
ations during
hazar
dous driving conditions
or situa
tions. Le
t the per
son
you ar
e speaking with kno
w
you ar
e driving; if nece
ssary
,
suspend the call in hea
vy
tr
affic or hazar
dous w
ea
ther
conditions. R
ain, slee
t, sno
w,
and ice can be hazar
dous, but
so is hea
vy tr
affic. A
s a driv
er
,
your fir
st r
esponsibilit
y is t
o
pa
y a
ttention t
o the r
oad.
5. Don’
t t
ak
e no
te
s or look up
phone n
umber
s while driving.
If y
ou ar
e r
eading an addr
es
s
book or busine
ss car
d, or
writing a “t
o-do” list while
driving a car
, y
ou ar
e no
t
w
atching wher
e y
ou ar
e going.
It is common sense. Do no
t
ge
t caught in a danger
ous
situa
tion because y
ou ar
e
re
ading or writing and no
t
pa
ying a
ttention t
o the r
oad
or nearb
y v
ehicle
s.
