[ETS/PARC List] Fw: Distracted Driving Law

[Don WILSON]

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Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2017 7:47 PM
Subject: Distracted Driving Law

I have been asked to send out a copy of the NJ Distracted Driving Law
that exempts Amateur Radio.  Here is the critical portion to keep in
your car in case of being questioned by the Police.

SENATE, No. 1898
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
217th LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED MARCH 10,2016
 Sponsored by:
Senator JAMES W. HOLZAPFEL
District 10 (Ocean)
SYNOPSIS
Establishes "Distracted Driver Enforcement and Education Fund."
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
AN ACT concerning distracted driving and amending and supplementing
P.L.2003, c.3lO.
BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly a/the State a/New
Jersey:
1. Section 1 ofP.L.2003, c.310 (C.39:4-97.3) is amended to read as
follows:
1. a. The use of a wireless telephone or electronic communication device
by an operator of a
moving motor vehicle on a public road or highway shall be unlawful
except when the telephone is
a hands-free wireless telephone or the electronic communication device
is used hands-free, provided that its placement does not interfere with
the operation of federally required safety equipment and the operator
exercises a high degree of caution in the operation of the motor
vehicle.

For the purposes of this section, an "electronic communication device"
shall not include
an amateur radio.

Nothing in P.L.2003, c.310 (C.39:4-97.3 et seq.) shall apply to the use
of a citizen's band radio
or two-way radio by an operator of a moving commercial motor vehicle or
authorized emergency
vehicle on a public road or highway.
b. The operator of a motor vehicle may use a hand-held wireless
telephone while driving with

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