85
n
e
f
t
n
1.
Get to know your wireless phone and its
features such as speed dial and redial.
Carefully read your instruction manual
and learn to take advantage of valuable
features most phones off er, including
automatic redial and memory. Also, work
to memorize the phone keypad so you
can use the speed dial function without
taking your attention off the road.
2.
When available, use a handsfree device.
A number of handsfree wireless phone
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.
3.
Position your wireless phone within easy
reach. Make sure you place your wireless
phone within easy reach and where you
can 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.
4.
Suspend conversations during hazardous
driving conditions or situations. Let the
person you are speaking with know you
are driving; if necessary, suspend the call
in heavy traffi
c or hazardous weather
conditions. Rain, sleet, snow and ice can
be hazardous, but so is heavy traffi
c. As
a driver, your fi rst responsibility is to pay
attention to the road.
5.
Do not take notes or look up phone
numbers while driving. If you are reading
an 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. Don’t get caught in
a dangerous situation because you are
reading or writing and not paying attention
to the road or nearby vehicles.
6.
Dial sensibly and assess the traffi
c; if
possible, place calls when you are not
moving or before pulling into traffi
c.
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.
7.
Do not engage in stressful or emotional
conversations that may be distracting.
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.
8.
Use your wireless phone to call for
help. Your wireless phone is one of
the greatest tools you can own to
protect yourself and your family in
dangerous situations — with your
phone at your side, help is only three
