They try to avoid core-punching, as if such acts could win a badge of courage. Public safety is always a critical concern to safe chasers. They steer from dangerous storm situations when possible. It has been said that storm chasers are not storm spotters. This of course, is true.
Experienced chasers know that telephone calls occasionally are difficult to make.
Several chasers have circumvented this problem by obtaining Amateur Radio licenses. Of course, a serious storm chaser may have objectives which differ from a storm spotter. Reporting severe weather may be a secondary priority to gathering scientific data or working as a free-lance photographer, etc. When thinking of courtesy, David Hoadley comes to mind. NWS employees in the Midwest who know Dave refer to how considerate he is when seeking information and data, how he supplies them with reports, and how he sends them photographs of tornadoes and storms he has observed.