incoming call at an inconvenient time, if possible, let your voice
mail answer it for you.
• 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 traffic or
hazardous weather conditions. Rain, sleet, snow and ice can be
hazardous, but so is heavy traffic. As a driver, your first
responsibility is to pay attention to the road.
• 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’s 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.
• Dial sensibly and assess the traffic; if possible, place calls when
you are not moving or before pulling into traffic. 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. 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.
• 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 numbers away. Dial 9-1-1 or other local
emergency number in the case of fire, traffic accident, road
hazard or medical emergency. Remember, it is a free call on
your wireless phone!
• Use your wireless phone to help others in emergencies. Your
wireless phone provides you a perfect opportunity to be a "Good
Samaritan" in your community. If you see an auto accident,
crime in progress or other serious emergency where lives are in
danger, call 9-1-1 or other local emergency number, as you
would want others to do for you.
• Call roadside assistance or a special wireless non-emergency
assistance number when necessary. Certain situations you
encounter while driving may require attention, but are not
urgent enough to merit a call for emergency services. But you
still can use your wireless phone to lend a hand. 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.
Careless, distracted individuals and people driving irresponsibly
represent a hazard to everyone on the road. Since 1984, the Cellular
Telecommunications Industry Association and the wireless industry
have conducted educational outreach to inform wireless phone
users of their responsibilities as safe drivers and good citizens. As
we approach a new century, more and more of us will take
advantage of the benefits of wireless telephones. And, as we take to
the roads, we all have a responsibility to drive safely. The wireless
industry reminds you to use your phone safely when driving.
For more information, please call 1-888-901-SAFE. For updates:
www.wow-com.com/consumer/issues/driving/articles.cfm?ID=85
Appendix B Message from the
FDA
Message from the FDA
©July 18, 2001 For updates: www.fda.gov/cdrh/phones
• Do wireless phones pose a health hazard? The available
scientific evidence does not show that any health problems are
associated with using wireless phones. There is no proof,
however, that wireless phones are absolutely safe. Wireless
phones emit low levels of radio frequency energy (RF) in the
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