A 17-year-old Texas driver wants to take a phone call through a hands-free Bluetooth headset while driving. What does the GDL rule say?
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A.
Hands-free devices are allowed only during daylight hours
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B.
Hands-free devices are allowed once the six-month learner stage ends
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C.
Hands-free devices are allowed for any driver under 18
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D.
Hands-free devices are prohibited except in an emergency Correct
The answer is "Hands-free devices are prohibited except in an emergency"
Under 18, wireless devices (including hands-free ones) are off the table unless there is an emergency. Answer C is the trap because most adult Texas drivers may lawfully use a hands-free headset, and a 17-year-old who assumes the adult allowance also covers them misses that the GDL rule reaches further.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Hands-free devices are allowed only during daylight hours
The wireless device rule for minors does not carve out a daytime exception. This answer confuses the wireless-device rule with the separate midnight-to-5:00-a.m. driving restriction printed alongside it.
B. Hands-free devices are allowed once the six-month learner stage ends
The wireless restriction runs to the driver's 18th birthday, not to the end of Phase One. This answer treats the end of the six-month permit clock as the milestone that lifts every GDL rule, when the wireless rule runs to 18.
C. Hands-free devices are allowed for any driver under 18
The GDL rule specifically pulls hands-free devices into the restriction for under-18 drivers. This answer carries the general adult Texas hands-free allowance over into the under-18 rule that the GDL further tightens.
This question tests your knowledge of Graduated Licensing in Texas. Source: Texas Driver Manual, "Graduated Driver License (GDL) (Phase Two)," p.2..
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