Siemens SX56 - Manual (Page 134)

Your Siemens wireless phone
gives you the power to
communicate by voice — almost
anywhere, anytime. But an
important responsibility
accompanies the benefits of wireless phones,
one that every user must uphold.
When driving a car, driving is your first
responsibility. When using your wireless
phone behind the wheel of a car, practice
good common sense and remember the
following tips:
1. Get to know your phone and its features
such as speed dial and redial. Carefully
read your instruction manual and learn to
take advantage of valuable features most
phones offer including, automatic redial
and memory dial — most phones can
store up to 99 numbers in memory dial.
Also, work to memorize the phone
keypad so you can use the speed dial
function without taking your attention off
the road.
2. When available, use a hands-free device.
A number of hands-free wireless phone
accessories are readily available today.
Whether you choose an installed
mounted device for your phone or a
speaker phone accessory, take advantage
of these devices if they are available to
you.
3. Position your phone within easy reach.
Make sure you place your wireless phone
within easy reach and where you can grab
it without removing your eyes from the
road. If you get an incoming call at an
inconvenient time, let your voice mail
answer it for you.
4. Suspend conversations during hazardous
driving conditions or situations. Let the
person you are speaking to know you are
driving; if necessary, suspend the call in
heavy traffic or hazardous weather
conditions. Rain, sleet, snow and ice can
be hazardous, but so is heavy traffic. As a
driver, your first responsibility is to pay
attention to the road.
5. Do not take notes or look up phone
numbers while driving. If you are reading
an address book or business card while
driving a car, or writing a “to do” list,
then you are not watching where you are
going. It’s common sense. Don’t get
caught in a dangerous situation because
you are reading or writing and not paying
attention to the road or nearby vehicles.
6. 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.
7. 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.
Ten Driving Safety Tips