Stay Safe Year-round With These 10 Tips From Cellular South
MOBILE, Ala. - (May 10, 2005) – With wireless phones' ever increasing popularity, wireless safety is more important than ever. Wireless experts at Cellular South offer the following 10 tips for using your phone safely all year round and especially during the heavily traveled summer season that begins Memorial Day Weekend.
Safety Is Your Most Important Call
Ten Wireless Safety 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 200,000 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 and driving distractions.
This includes eating, drinking coffee, adjusting vehicle controls, changing music, applying cosmetics, and dialing or using your wireless phone without a hands-free device. - In your vehicle, position your phone within easy reach and be familiar with the operation of your phone.
Use speed-dial and voice-activated dialing features to program frequently called numbers and use your redial feature to return calls. - Do not engage in stressful or emotional conversations that may divert your attention from the road.
- Dial only when your vehicle is stopped.
Take this safety precaution whether dialing manually or using speed- or voice-dialing features. - 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.
If necessary, suspend calls in heavy traffic or hazardous weather conditions. - Do not attempt to send or read text messages while driving.
As with calls, stop your vehicle before checking or exchanging text messages on your phone. - Remember to dial the emergency shortcut number on your wireless phone to reach each state's Highway Patrol if you have an emergency while traveling
In the Southeast, remember *HP (*47) for Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas, *THP (*847) for Tennessee, *FHP (*347) for Florida and *LSP (*577) for the Louisiana State Police. These emergency shortcut numbers are always a free call on your wireless phone.
About Cellular South
The company is the largest privately held wireless provider 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. For more information, contact Cellular South at 1-877-CSOUTH1 or visit cellularsouth.com.
For more consumer tips and a local angle on Wireless Safety Week contact Tanya Rankin (601) 974-7134 or trankin@cellularsouth.com to schedule an interview with a local wireless expert from Cellular South.
