Which of the following does Pennsylvania's texting ban specifically NOT include?
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A.
Sending a text message while driving in moving traffic
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B.
Reading email on a smart phone
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C.
Instant messaging from a smart phone
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D.
A GPS device used for navigation Correct
The answer is "A GPS device used for navigation"
The PA Driver Manual names three carve-outs from the texting ban: a GPS device, a system or device physically or electronically integrated into the vehicle, and a communications device affixed to a mass transit vehicle, bus, or school bus. A standalone GPS unit used for navigation sits on that short exclusion list. Choice C is aimed at drivers who read "texting ban" as SMS-only and treat chat-app messages as a workaround the statute did not name, missing that the IWCD definition sweeps in instant messages and email alongside text messages.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Sending a text message while driving in moving traffic
Composing and sending a text message on a phone while operating a vehicle is the core conduct the anti-texting law prohibits, which puts this act inside the ban rather than on the carve-out list. This answer confuses the 'NOT include' wording and picks the act the law most clearly prohibits instead of one it excludes from that prohibition.
B. Reading email on a smart phone
Email is named in the manual's definition of a text-based communication composed or received on an IWCD, so reading email on a smart phone falls inside the ban. This answer reads 'texting ban' as SMS-only and treats email as a separate category of message the statute did not reach.
C. Instant messaging from a smart phone
The manual lists instant messages alongside text messages and email in the definition of text-based communication, so instant messaging from a smart phone falls inside the ban. This answer reads 'texting ban' narrowly as SMS and treats chat-app messages as a workaround the statute does not name.
This question tests your knowledge of Distracted Driving in Pennsylvania. Source: Pennsylvania Driver Manual, "Anti-Texting Law," p.93..
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