Health and Safety 171When using your phone in the car:• Get to know your phone and its features, such as speed dialand re-dial.• When available, use a hands-free device.• Position your phone within easy reach.• Let the person you are speaking to know you are driving. Ifnecessary, suspend the call in heavy traffic or hazardous weatherconditions.• Do not take notes or look up phone numbers while driving.• Dial sensibly and assess the traffic. If possible, place calls whenstationary or before pulling into traffic.• Do not engage in stressful or emotional conversations that maydivert your attention from the road.• Dial 911 to report serious emergencies. It’s free from your wirelessphone.• Use your phone to help others in emergencies.• Call roadside assistance or a special non-emergency wirelessnumber when necessary.Note: Always turn off the phone in health care facilities andrequest permission before using the phone near medicalequipment.Turning Off Your Phone Before FlyingTurn off your phone before boarding any aircraft. To preventpossible interference with aircraft systems, Transport Canadaregulations require you to have permission from a crewmember to use your phone while the plane is on the ground.To prevent any risk of interference, regulations prohibit usingyour phone while the plane is in the air.Turning Off Your Phone in Dangerous AreasTo avoid interfering with blasting operations, turn off yourphone when in a blasting area or in other areas with signsindicating that two-way radios should be turned off.Construction crews often use remote-control RF devices to setoff explosives.Turn off your phone when you are in an area with apotentially explosive atmosphere. Although it is rare, yourphone or its accessories could generate sparks. Sparks
