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1.
Get to know your wireless phone 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.
2.
When available, use a hands-free device. If possible, add an additional layer of convenience and safety to your
wireless phone with one of the many hands free accessories available today.
3.
Position your wireless phone within easy reach. Be able to access your wireless phone without removing your
eyes from the road. If you get an incoming call at an inconvenient time, let your voice mail answer it for you.
4.
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, ice and even heavy traffic can be hazardous.
5.
Do not take notes or look up phone numbers while driving. Jotting down a "to do" list or flipping through your
address book takes attention away from your primary responsibility, driving safely.
6.
Dial sensibly and assess the traffic; if possible, place calls when you are not moving or before pulling into
traffic. Try to plan calls when your car will be stationary. If you need to make a call while moving, 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. Make people you are talking
with aware you are driving and suspend conversations that have the potential to divert your attention from the
road.
8.
Use your wireless phone to call for help. Dial 9-1-1 or other local emergency number in the case of fire, traffic
accident or medical emergencies.
9.
Use your wireless phone to help others in emergencies. 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.
10.
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
number.
