Cellular Phone Safety

• Install and use the hands-free or speakerphone option to allow you to keep your hands on the steering wheel and your eyes on the road.
• Make sure your phone is mounted where you can easily reach it while driving.
• Familiarize yourself with all of the operations of your cellular phone and learn to use it without looking.
• Keep your attention on the road by programming frequently called numbers into the phone's memory to minimize dialing.
• Dial sensibly. Wait for a stoplight or pull off the road to dial — or ask your passenger to dial for you.
• Don't use your cellular phone in distracting traffic situations. Pull off the road to make a call.
• Be careful about where you stop to make calls. Parked callers may become victims of phone theft.
• When calling 911 to report an emergency, be prepared to provide the closest major cross streets or off-ramps, mile markers, and know your cellular phone number.
• Use your Voice Mail to take calls or leave yourself messages. Don't take notes while driving.
• Disconnect your cellular phone when using jumper cables — the power surge could burn out your phone.

For more information about crime prevention call the Rockville City Police Department Community Services Officer 301-309-3112.