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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 emergencies.
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 can still 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
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