User guide

5
Your Cell
TIPS FOR SAFE DRIVING
When you’re on the road, safe driving is your primary
responsibility. Using your cell is only one of many potential
distractions while driving. Your attention can also be
distracted by eating, drinking, personal grooming, lighting
cigarettes, changing radio stations, CDs or cassettes, and
attending to children.
To minimize distractions that may be caused by using
your cell in a vehicle, please keep the following in mind:
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Avoid emotional or stressful conversations. Tell your caller
you’ll call them back when you’re not driving, or pull off
the road if you can’t postpone the conversation.
•
Use a hands-free kit so that you can keep both hands on
the wheel. If you need to take notes or look something
up, pull off the road.
•
Voice-activated dialing is a built-in feature on some
digital cell phones. If it is available on your cell,
use this feature to dial phone numbers using your
voice instead of your fingers. Refer to your cell’s manual
for more details or contact your SaskTel Authorized
Dealer for more information on which cell phones
have this capability.
•
Let Voice Mail Services take messages for you. You can
pick up your messages later when you are less distracted.
See ‘Voice Mail Services‘.
•
If you have a passenger, ask them to dial numbers, take
messages and answer calls for you.
•
Be a wireless Samaritan. Call 911 for emergency services
(police, fire and ambulance). Remember, when calling
911 from a cell, you must provide the location of the
emergency to the dispatch personnel.