The North Carolina manual's Cell Phones bullet on the under-18 in-motion ban gives which example as its exception?
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A.
Using a hands-free device with voice controls.
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B.
Operating a factory-installed Bluetooth speakerphone built into the car.
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C.
Calling 911 in an emergency. Correct
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D.
Talking to a passenger seated beside you.
The answer is "Calling 911 in an emergency."
The Cell Phones bullet gives calling 911 in an emergency as its example exception; the statute, G.S. 20-137.3(d), also allows emergency calls to the other listed responders and any call to a parent, legal guardian or spouse. Drivers who import a hands-free carve-out from other states' under-18 cell phone laws pick A instead, because the bullet treats a cell phone and any additional technology associated with it as the same thing.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Using a hands-free device with voice controls.
The under-18 ban covers a cell phone or any additional technology associated with it, hands-free included, so this is not the written exception. Imports a hands-free carve-out from other states' under-18 cell phone laws that North Carolina's manual never grants.
B. Operating a factory-installed Bluetooth speakerphone built into the car.
The under-18 rule bars a cell phone or any additional technology associated with it, which the manual's bullet does not relax for built-in car systems. Treats a dashboard integration as if it stopped being cell phone technology once wired into the vehicle.
D. Talking to a passenger seated beside you.
Face-to-face passenger conversation sits on the Distracted Driving list, not inside the Cell Phones bullet that governs the under-18 ban. Confuses an item on the general distraction list with the cell phone statute the question is about.
This question tests your knowledge of Distracted Driving in North Carolina. Source: North Carolina Driver Handbook, "Chapter 4, Your Driving - Cell Phones," p.41..
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