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Using a hand-held mobile telephone.

Regulations current to Aug 30, 2012
         
Examples: Medical Form, 391.53, 391
 
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< 392.80
Subpart H - Limiting the Use of Electronic Devices

Code of Federal Regulationsยง 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile telephone.(a)(1) No driver shall use a hand-held mobile telephone while driving a CMV.(2) No motor carrier shall allow or require its drivers to use a hand-held mobile telephone while driving a CMV.(b) Definition. For the purpose of this section only, driving means operating a commercial motor vehicle on a highway, including while temporarily stationary because of traffic, a traffic control device, or other momentary delays. Driving does not include operating a commercial motor vehicle when the driver has moved the vehicle to the side of, or off, a highway and has halted in a location where the vehicle can safely remain stationary.(c) Emergency exception. Using a hand-held mobile telephone is permissible by drivers of a CMV when necessary to communicate with law enforcement officials or other emergency services.[76 FR 75487, Dec. 2, 2011]

 
 
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