Stay Safe Year-round With These Ten Tips From Cellular South
Jackson, Miss. (May 24, 2004) – With wireless phones' ever increasing popularity, wireless safety is more important than ever. Wireless experts at Cellular South offer the following ten tips for using your phone safely and courteously all year round and especially during the heavily traveled Memorial Day Weekend.
Safety - Your Most Important Call
Ten Wireless Safety and Courtesy Tips from Cellular South
- Safe driving is your first responsibility. Always buckle up and use a handsfree device when using your wireless phone in the car and let the person you are talking to know you are driving.
- If you see trouble on the road, be a wireless Samaritan. More than 150,000 calls a day are made to 9-1-1 and other emergency numbers by wireless phone users. Dialing 9-1-1 is a free call for wireless phone subscribers.
- Be cognizant of potential safety hazards. If necessary, suspend calls in heavy traffic or hazardous weather conditions.
- In your vehicle, position your phone within easy reach and be familiar with the operation of your phone, such as using the speed-dial and voice-dial features to program frequently called numbers and the redial feature to return calls.
- Do not engage in stressful or emotional conversations that may divert your attention from the road.
- When dialing manually with the speed- or voice-dialing feature, dial only when your vehicle is stopped.
- Never take notes while driving. Pull off the road to a safe spot to jot something down.
- Let your wireless network's voice mail pick up your calls when it's inconvenient or unsafe to answer.
- When in public areas, be courteous and considerate of those around you who may view your conversation as an intrusion. Speak in a quiet or normal conversational tone.
- Ring tones may be inappropriate in various public places. Change your ring tone to vibrate or silent while in meetings, theatres, churches, etc.
About Cellular South
The company is one of the largest privately held wireless providers in the U.S. and is licensed to provide wireless service - to a total population of more than five million people - on its network stretching from the Memphis Metropolitan Area, throughout all of Mississippi, along Coastal Alabama and the Florida Panhandle through Destin/Seaside. Cellular South offers a different kind of wireless service based on the simple premise that customers have rights, including the right to a network that works, and service and pricing that is fair and makes sense. For more information, contact Cellular South at 1-877-CSOUTH1 or visit cellularsouth.com.
Contact:
Tanya Rankin, Cellular South (601) 974-7134 trankin@cellularsouth.com
