]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.
]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
Remember, it is a free call on your wireless phone!
]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
]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
Guidelines for safe and efficient use
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