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9. Use your wireless 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

emergency where lives are in danger, call 9-1-1 or other local emergency

number, as you would want others to do for you.

10. Call roadside assistance or a special wireless nonemergency assistance

number when necessary. Certain situations you encounter while driving may

require attention, but are not urgent enough to merit a call for emergency

services. But you still can use your wireless phone to lend a hand. If you see a

broken-down vehicle posing no serious hazard, a broken traffic signal, a

minor traffic accident where no one appears injured or a vehicle you know to

be stolen, call roadside assistance or other special non-emergency wireless

number.

Careless, distracted individuals and people driving irresponsibly represent a

hazard to everyone on the road. Since 1984, the Cellular Telecommunications

Industry Association and the wireless industry have conducted educational

outreach to inform wireless phone users of their responsibilities as safe drivers

and good citizens. As we approach a new century, more and more of us will take

advantage of the benefits of wireless telephones. And, as we take to the roads,

we all have a responsibility to drive safely.The wireless industry reminds you to

use your phone safely when driving.For more information, please call 1-888-

901-SAFE.

For updates: http://www.wow-com.com/consumer/issues/driving/

articles.cfm?ID=85

■ Message from the FDA (U.S. Food and Drug

Administration) to all users of mobile phones.

Consumer Update on Wireless Phones

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

1. Do wireless phones pose a health hazard?

The available scientific evidence does not show that any health problems are

associated with using wireless phones. There is no proof, however, that

wireless phones are absolutely safe. Wireless phones emit low levels of

radiofrequency energy (RF) in the microwave range while being used. They

also emit very low levels of RF when in the stand-by mode. Whereas high

levels of RF can produce health effects (by heating tissue), exposure to low