10 driver safety tips – LG CU500 User Manual

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Safety Guidelines

Protection
(http://www.icnirp.de)

World Health Organization (WHO) International EMF
Project
(http://www.who.int/emf)

National Radiological Protection Board (UK)
(http://www.nrpb.org.uk/)

10 Driver Safety Tips

Your wireless phone gives you the powerful ability to
communicate by voice almost anywhere, anytime. An
important responsibility accompanies the benefits of
wireless phones, one that every user must uphold.

When operating 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 wireless 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. 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 wireless phone or
a speaker phone accessory, take advantage of these
devices if available to you.

3. Position your wireless phone within easy reach.

Make sure you place your wireless phone within
easy reach and where you can reach it without
removing your eyes from the road. If you get an
incoming call at an inconvenient time, if possible, let
your voicemail answer it for you.

4. Suspend conversations during hazardous driving

conditions or situations. Let the person you are
speaking with 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

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