| It has become the norm to own a cell phone | | | | and ask the person how to get to their home. |
| these days. People young and old carry them | | | | A second reason for having a cellular phone is to |
| practically wherever they go. There was a time | | | | use in case of emergencies. It is vital to get help |
| that people got by without them because there | | | | as soon as possible if you are in a dire situation. |
| was no such thing, or because the new | | | | The best way to reach someone that can |
| technology was seen as too expensive. Now, | | | | respond to the crisis is to phone them. It allows |
| though, most people would feel lost without their | | | | you to call from anyplace there is a signal. Help will |
| cell. | | | | be on the way shortly. You will not have had to |
| There are now many different brands and models | | | | travel in search of help, possibly with injuries that |
| of cellular phones for people to choose. They | | | | should be kept still until help arrives. |
| range from the basic, common cell phone that | | | | If you have a major house fire, your cell will allow |
| does nothing but make calls. Yet even those | | | | you to leave your house immediately and call the |
| phones will also do text messaging. More elaborate | | | | fire station from outside the dwelling. All you have |
| phones can connect to the internet and perform | | | | to do is to pre-program the number into your |
| all kinds of functions along with the basic one of | | | | phone, and you will be much safer than if you |
| initiating and taking calls. | | | | stayed in the burning building to call. |
| One reason for buying a mobile phone is to avoid | | | | A third major reason for buying a cellular phone is |
| getting hopelessly lost. There are three ways that | | | | that you can help others when they are in need. |
| this can be accomplished. First, some now come | | | | A good example of this is when you see a car |
| with locator features that would guide the user | | | | wreck along the highway. In the past, there may |
| back to familiar territory. Second, children's mobile | | | | have been nothing you could do, especially if it |
| phones can be equipped to be track-able in case | | | | was a little-used road. However, with a cellular in |
| they are lost. Their parents can then have a way | | | | your car, you can contact help for the people |
| to find them. | | | | quickly and easily. |
| The third way people can get back on the right | | | | Kids now enjoy them as a fashionable part of |
| track is the somewhat old-fashioned way. If you | | | | their culture. In fact, they have become a part of |
| are going to someone's house, you can call them | | | | the culture of all Americans, and of many people |
| if you get lost. You don't have to find a phone | | | | in other countries as well. It is easy to see why |
| booth or a business that will allow you to use their | | | | when you look back at all the important reasons |
| telephone. Someone can call directly from the car | | | | people have for owning cellular phones. |
