North Carolina law makes what type of cell phone use unlawful for every driver on a public street or highway?
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A.
Using a cell phone for email or text messages. Correct
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B.
Using a cell phone for any voice call, including hands-free.
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C.
Using a cell phone for GPS navigation while stopped.
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D.
Using a cell phone for any purpose other than a 911 emergency.
The answer is "Using a cell phone for email or text messages."
The all-drivers ban is narrow. It covers email and text messages, not voice calls. Broader cell phone restrictions in the manual apply only to drivers under 18 or to school bus operators. Choice D is the trap for readers who carry the under-18 rule, which allows emergency calls to the listed responders and any call to a parent, legal guardian or spouse, back into the rule that governs every driver.
The traps in the wrong answers
B. Using a cell phone for any voice call, including hands-free.
The all-drivers ban does not reach voice calls; the manual singles out email and text messages. This answer applies the under-18 restriction on any cell use to every driver.
C. Using a cell phone for GPS navigation while stopped.
The manual does not ban using the phone as a map; the all-drivers ban names reading email or text messages and manually entering multiple letters or text to message someone. Whether the car is stopped is not what decides this answer. It pulls navigation into a rule about email and text.
D. Using a cell phone for any purpose other than a 911 emergency.
The exceptions for emergency calls and for calls to a parent, legal guardian or spouse belong to the under-18 in-motion rule, not the all-drivers texting ban. This answer carries the under-18 exceptions back into the rule that covers every driver.
This question tests your knowledge of Distracted Driving in North Carolina. Source: North Carolina Driver Handbook, "Cell Phones," p.41..
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