User's Manual

and your family in dangerous situations-with your phone at your side, help is only three numbers away. Dial 9-1-1 or other local
emergency number in the case of fire, traffic accident, road hazard or medical emergency. Remember, it is a free call on your
wireless phone!
9. Use your wireless phone to help others inemergencies. 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 non-emergency 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 a ccident 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 e ducational 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 y ou to use your phone safely when driving."
Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association For more information, please call 1-888-901-SAFE. For updates:
http://www.wow-com.com/consumer/issues/driving/articles.cfm?ID=85
Appendix C: Consumer Update on Wireless Phones
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
1. What kinds of phones are the subject of this update?
The term wireless phone refers here to hand-held wireless phones with built-in antennas, often called cell, mobile, or PCS phones.
These types of wireless phones can expose the user to measurable radio frequency energy (RF) because of the short distance
between the phone and the user s head. These RF exposures are limited by Federal Communications Commission safety
guidelines that were developed with the advice of FDA and other federal health and safety agencies. When the phone is located
at greater distances from the user, the exposure to RF is drastically lower because a person's RF exposure decreases rapidly with
increasing distance from the source. The so-called cordless phones, which have a base unit connected to the t elephone wiring in
a house, typically operate at far lower power levels, and thus produce RF exposures well within the FCC's compliance limits.
2. 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 radio frequency 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 level RF that does not produce heating effects causes no
known adverse health effects. Many studies of low l evel RF exposures have not found any biological effects. Some studies have
suggested that some biological effects may occur, but such findings have not been confirmed by additional research. In some
cases, other researchers have had difficulty in reproducing those studies, or in determining the reasons for inconsistent results.
3. What is FDA's role concerning the safety of wireless phones?
Under the law, FDA does not review the safety of radiation-emitting consumer products such as wireless phones before they can be sold, as it