[MARA_announcements] Distracted Driving Law.

[Melo Serrano]

Just by way of follow-up. We can find this specifically at Mass Gen Law
Chapter 90 Section 13, the very first sentence, which reads:  "No person,
when operating a motor vehicle, shall permit to be on or in the vehicle or
on or about his person anything which may interfere with or impede the
proper operation of the vehicle or any equipment by which the vehicle is
operator or controlled, except that a person may operate a motor vehicle
while using a federally licensed 2–way radio or mobile telephone, except as
provided in sections 8M, 12A and 13B, as long as 1 hand remains on the
steering wheel at all times."

Here is the link to that chapter and section:


https://malegislature.gov/laws/generallaws/parti/titlexiv/chapter90/section13

On Sun, Jan 26, 2020 at 9:35 AM <n1edm at comcast.net> wrote:

> Thanks for digging that out for us, Allen
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> Bob M, N1EDM
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> *From:* MARA_announcements <mara_announcements-bounces at oak.w1mv.org> *On
> Behalf Of *Allen
> *Sent:* Saturday, January 25, 2020 12:47 PM
> *To:* mara_announcements at oak.w1mv.org
> *Subject:* [MARA_announcements] Distracted Driving Law.
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> Good Afternoon  MARA
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>   I was talking to 2 Sargentsts. From EB Police department about this
> situation. There suggestion was to carry a copy of your ham license and the
> law that follows in you vechial. The jest was to help a exuberant  Officer.
> Just make sure you have 1 hand on the steringweal.
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>  Yes Gov. Baker did sign the bill.
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> New State Driving Laws Take Effect
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> Massachusetts has settled on a one-hand-on-the-wheel rule for mobiles. The
> state's two ARRL Section Managers report they have received confirmation
> that the state's distracted driving law does not apply to two-way mobile
> radio operation. The new law "permits use of a federally licensed two-way
> radio, provided that one hand remains on the steering wheel at all times,"
> except as provided in sections 8M, 12A, and 13B of the law. -- *Thanks to
> Western Massachusetts SM Ray Lajoie, KB1LRL, and ARRL Eastern Massachusetts
> SM Tom Walsh, K1TW*
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> Allen wa1bee
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