The manual's general cell-phone advice says to use your phone only if absolutely necessary, and for the sole purpose of communicating regarding emergency situations or contacting whom?
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A.
Only 911, and no other contact.
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B.
A passenger in the car who can place the call for you.
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C.
Your employer, when the call is work-related.
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D.
Your parent, legal guardian, or spouse. Correct
The answer is "Your parent, legal guardian, or spouse."
The manual's general cell-phone advice lists parent, legal guardian, or spouse alongside emergency situations as the only reasons to place a call while driving. This advice applies to every driver and sits beside the separate under-18 rule, which bars a provisional licensee from using a phone in motion except for an emergency call to one of the responders the statute lists or a call to a parent, legal guardian or spouse. Choice A comes from readers who read that narrower provisional-licensee rule as a 911-only exception and carry it over to the general advice meant for every driver.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Only 911, and no other contact.
The manual's general advice names parent, legal guardian, or spouse alongside emergency situations, not a 911-only restriction. Carries the narrower under-18 provisional-licensee rule, which allows an emergency call to a listed responder or a call to a parent, legal guardian or spouse, over to the general advice written for every driver.
B. A passenger in the car who can place the call for you.
The passenger bullet tells you to hand the phone to a passenger so you do not place the call yourself; it is not on the list of people you may contact. Collapses two adjacent bullets, treating the hand-the-phone-to-a-passenger tip as if it answered the separate question of who you may call.
C. Your employer, when the call is work-related.
A call does not qualify merely because it is work-related; a routine call to your employer is neither emergency communication nor contact with a parent, legal guardian, or spouse. Falls back on the workplace habit of calling a supervisor when running late and reads a routine check-in as covered by the rule.
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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