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Driving Safety Tips
“Safety is your most important call!”
Your Motorola wireless telephone gives you the
powerful ability to com municate by voice — almo st
anywhere, anytime, wherever wireless phone
service is available and safe conditions allow. But
an important responsibility accompanies that
benefits of wireless phones, one that every user
must uphold.
When driving a car, driving is your first
responsibility. If you fi nd it necessary to use y our
wireless phone w hile behind the whe el of a car,
practice good commo n sense and remember the
following tips:
•Get to know your Motorola wireless phone and
its features such as speed di al and redial. If
available, these fea tures help you to p lace your
call without taking your attention off the road.
•When available, use a hands-free device. If
possible, add an additi onal layer of convenience
to your wireless phone wi th one of the many
Motorola Original hand s-free accessories
available today.
•Position your wireless phone within easy reach.
Be able to access your wir eless phone without
removing your eyes from the road. If y ou receive
an incoming call at an inconvenient tim e, if
possible, let your voice mail answer it for you.
•Let the person you are speaking with know you
are driving; if necessary, suspend the call in
heavy traffic or haz ardous weather co nditions.
Rain, sleet, snow, ice, and eve n heavy traffic can
be hazardous.
•If you receive an incoming call at an
inconvenient time do no t take notes or look up
phone numbers while driving. Jotting down a “to
do” list or going through your address book
takes attention away from your primary
responsibility — driving sa fely.
•Dial sensibly and ass ess the traffic; if possib le,
place calls when y ou are not moving or before
pulling into traffic. Try to plan calls when your car
will be stationary. If you need to make a call
while moving, dial only a few numbers , check
the road and your mirrors, then continue.
•Do not engage in stressful or emotional
conversations t hat may be distrac ting. Make
people you are talking with aware you are
driving and suspend conversations which have
the potential to di vert your attention a way from
the road.