State North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania
Hand Held Ban N N By Jurisdiction N N By Jurisdiction
All Cell Phone Ban N N N N N Conshohocken, Lebanon, Hilltown Township, York and West Conshohocken require hands-free cell phone devices while operating a vehicle School bus drivers N N School bus drivers Learner’s permit holders Intermediate license holders N N N N N N N N
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State Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut
Hand Held Ban N N N N N N Y Effective 10/1/05
All Cell Phone Ban N N School bus drivers School bus drivers
State Kentucky Louisiana Maine
Hand Held Ban N N N
All Cell Phone Ban N N Learner’s permit holders Intermediate license holders Learner’s permit holders Intermediate license holders School bus drivers Brookline requires hands-free cell phone devices N N N N N N N Comprehensive distractive driving law includes cell phone, eating, drinking and other distractions School bus drivers Learner’s permit holders Intermediate license holders Santa Fe requires hands-free cell phone devices while operating a motor vehicle Police officers prohibited from using hand-held cell phones while driving in cruisers
Maryland School and transit bus drivers Learner’s permit holders Effective 10/1/05: Learner’s permit holders Drivers younger than 18 School bus drivers School bus drivers Learner’s permit holders Intermediate license holders School bus drivers Learner’s permit holders Cell phone usage permitted as long as it provides sound through one ear and allows surrounding sound to be heard with the other ear. State law prohibits local jurisdictions from enacting restrictions on use in motor vehicles. Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas N N N By Jurisdiction N N N N N N New Mexico School bus drivers N N N New Jersey Massachussetts
N
By Jurisdiction
Michigan Minnesota
N N N N N N N N
Delaware
N
Mississippi Missouri Montana
District of Columbia Florida
Y
N
Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire
Y
By Jurisdiction
New York
Y
NYC prohibits taxi cab drivers from using cell phones while driving