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Appendix B: Guide to safe and responsible wireless phone use
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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.
6. 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.
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 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!
9. 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.
10. 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