Driving
Safely With Your Cellphone
- Know your phone.
The road should have your
attention when driving not the phone. Before using your phone on the
road, make sure you are familiar with how it works.
- Don’t dial while driving.
Wait for a traffic
light, or stop sign, or pull off the road if it is safe. Use your
speed dial feature or have a passenger dial your call. If you must
place a call while driving, dial a few digits at a time, reassess the
traffic and continue dialing.
- Use your hands-free unit or
speaker phone.
Instead of picking up your handset, portable phone users in a vehicle
should use a hands-free car kit.
- Don’t take notes while
driving.
To record a
thought or number pull off the road to take a note or wait until your
vehicle is stopped.
- If it’s not convenient
to take a cellular call
while driving, let it ring. Let NorthernTel Mobility Cellular Message
Centre record a message from your caller. Dealing with traffic should
be your first priority.
- If the conversation becomes
too involved, hang up
and call back later. Don’t let a cellular conversation distract you
from driving safely. Nothing should be more important when you’re
behind the wheel.
- Safe driving is your first priority.
- Avoid unnecessary calls.
- Keep conversations brief.
- Suspend conversations
when driving conditions
become hazardous.
Winter driving tips:
- See and be seen.
Make sure all snow is cleared from roof, hood, windows and lights.
- If you need to drive in bad weather, make sure you
have enough fuel.
- Avoid passing when weather conditions and roads are bad.
- Try to keep to main roads.
- Wear warm clothes.
- Keep your radio tuned to a local station for weather advice.
- If you need to drive in bad weather,
let someone know your route and your estimated time
of arrival.
- Keep an emergency kit
in your car at all times which should
include:
- Shovel
- Compass
- Flashlight
- First aid kit
- Blankets
- Axe or hatchet
- Matches
- Warning light or road flares
- Tow chain
- Sand or gravel or traction mats)
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