Road Safety
Mobile equipment may not use an ‘Alert’ device to cause a vehicle
horn to sound or lights to flash on receipt of a call on public roads.
• No installation instructions may show how to make such a
connection and the use of terms such as ‘horn relay’ are not
accepted. Reference may be made to a port enabling other
apparatus to be controlled.
• User handbooks offering an ‘Alert’ facility are required to contain
the following text :
“The use of the Alert device to operate a vehicle’s lights or horn
on public roads is not permitted”.
It is advised that hand-held microphone or telephone handset should not
be used by the driver while the vehicle is moving, except in an emergency.
Speak only into a fixed, neck slung or clippedon microphone when it
would not distract your attention from the road.
Non-Ionising Radiation
User handbooks for mobile equipment shall draw attention to the
following, in the case of Class 1 transmitted output power (1W) for GSM
1800 or Class 2 transmitted output power (8W) for GSM 900 equipment:
As with other mobile radio transmitting equipment, users are
advised that for satisfactory operation of the equipment and for the
safety of personnel, it is recommended that no part of the human
body be allowed to come too close to the antenna during operation
of the equipment.
Installation instructions for vehicle mounted equipment shall include,
for Class 1 transmitted output power (1W) for GSM 1800 and Class
2 transmitted output power (8W) for GSM 900 equipment:
• The radio equipment shall be connected to the antenna via a
non-radiating cable (e.g. coaxial cables).
• The antenna shall be mounted in a position such that no part of
the human body will normally rest too close to any part of the
antenna unless there is an intervening metallic screen, for
example, the metallic roof.
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