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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for digging that out for us, Allen<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bob M, N1EDM<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> MARA_announcements <mara_announcements-bounces@oak.w1mv.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Allen<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, January 25, 2020 12:47 PM<br><b>To:</b> mara_announcements@oak.w1mv.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [MARA_announcements] Distracted Driving Law.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Good Afternoon MARA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> 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. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Yes Gov. Baker did sign the bill.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>New State Driving Laws Take Effect<o:p></o:p></p><p class=default>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. -- <i>Thanks to Western Massachusetts SM Ray Lajoie, KB1LRL, and ARRL Eastern Massachusetts SM Tom Walsh, K1TW</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Allen wa1bee<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>