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When driving a car, driving is your
first responsibility. When using your
wireless phone behind the wheel of
a car, practice good common sense
and remember the following tips:
• 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.
• 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.
• Do not take notes or look up phone
numbers while driving. Jotting down
a “to do” list or flipping through
your Contacts takes attention away
from your primary responsibility,
driving safely.
• If possible, place calls when you are
not moving or before pulling into
traffic. Try to plan calls when you
will not be driving.
• 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.
•
Use your wireless phone to call
emergency services for yourself
or others. Dial 0-0-0 for local
emergency services in the case
of fire, traffic accident or medical
emergencies in Australia. Dial 1-1-1
for local emergency number in New
Zealand. Dial 1-1-2 any where in the
world to reach emergency services.
Remember, it is a free call on your
wireless phone!
• Call roadside assistance or a special
nonemergency 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.
