Ten driving safety tips | 41 |
Dial sensibly and assess the traffic.
If possible, place calls when you are not moving or before pulling into traffic. Try to plan your calls before 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. Make people you are talking with aware you are driving and if necessary, suspend phone conversations that have the potential to divert your attention from the road.
Use your 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
Use your 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 emergencies where lives are in danger, call
Call roadside assistance or a special wireless
Certain situations you encounter while driving may require attention, but are not urgent enough to merit a call to
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