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Federal Communications

readily available today. Whether you

 

Commission (FCC) RF Safety

choose an installed mounted device

Program

for your wireless phone or a

(http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/cellular.html)

speaker phone accessory, take

International Commission on

advantage of these devices if

available to you.

Nonlonizing Radiation Protection

 

 

(http://www.icnirp.de)

3.Make sure you place your wireless

World Health Organization (WHO)

phone within easy reach and where

you can reach it without removing

International EMF Project

your eyes from the road. If you get

(http://www.who.int/emf)

an incoming call at an inconvenient

Health Protection Agency

time, if possible, let your voicemail

(http://www.hpa.org.uk/)

answer it for you.

10 Driver Safety Tips

4.Suspend conversations during

hazardous driving conditions or

Your wireless phone gives you the

situations. Let the person you are

speaking with know you are driving;

powerful ability to communicate by

if necessary, suspend the call in

voice almost anywhere, anytime. An

heavy traffic or hazardous weather

important responsibility accompanies

conditions. Rain, sleet, snow, and

the benefits of wireless phones, one

ice can be hazardous, but so is

that every user must uphold.

heavy traffic. As a driver, your first

When operating a car, driving is your

responsibility is to pay attention to

first responsibility. When using your

the road.

wireless phone behind the wheel of a

5.Don’t take notes or look up phone

car, practice good common sense

numbers while driving. If you are

and remember the following tips:

reading an address book or

1. Get to know your wireless phone

business card, or writing a “to-do”

and its features such as speed dial

list while driving a car, you are not

and redial. Carefully read your

watching where you are going. It is

instruction manual and learn to take

common sense. Do not get caught

advantage of valuable features

in a dangerous situation because

most phones offer, including

you are reading or writing and not

automatic redial and memory. Also,

paying attention to the road or

work to memorize the phone

nearby vehicles.

keypad so you can use the speed

6.Dial sensibly and assess the traffic;

dial function without taking your

if possible, place calls when you are

attention off the road.

not moving or before pulling into

2.When available, use a hands-free

traffic. Try to plan your calls before

device. A number of hands-free

you begin your trip or attempt to

wireless phone accessories are

coincide your calls with times you

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