An Illinois driver has a TV screen mounted where it can be seen from the driver's seat. Under state law, when is the screen banned from operating?
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A.
While a passenger is in the vehicle
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B.
While the vehicle is in motion Correct
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C.
During nighttime hours only
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D.
On any highway or expressway
The answer is "While the vehicle is in motion"
TVs and video monitors that can be seen from the driver's seat are banned while the vehicle is in motion. A driver who picks the passenger-watching option is applying a real-world habit, but the rule turns on whether the screen is visible from the driver's seat, not on who is looking at it.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. While a passenger is in the vehicle
The rule focuses on the screen being visible from the driver's seat, not on who is watching it. This answer reads the rule as if it protected passengers, when the trigger is visibility from the driver's seat.
C. During nighttime hours only
The TV/video-monitor rule is not limited to nighttime; it applies while the vehicle is in motion. This answer carries the sunset-to-sunrise trigger over from the headlights rule, treating the screen ban as another after-dark limit.
D. On any highway or expressway
The ban applies wherever the vehicle is in motion, not only on highways or expressways. This answer narrows the ban to expressways, perhaps from the habit of treating highway rules as stricter than city ones.
This question tests your knowledge of Vehicle Equipment in Illinois. Source: Illinois Rules of the Road, "Chapter 12: Equipment For Safe Driving - Restricted Equipment - Televisions or video," p.93..
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