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Distracted & aggressive driving
A 3-minute lesson from the Indiana course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Distraction is a major factor in many Indiana crashes. Aggressive driving, ignoring signals, and speeding together cause about one-third of the state's traffic deaths.
Distracted driving
Any activity that takes your eyes off the road, your hands off the wheel, or your mind off driving, such as using a cell phone, texting, or eating.
Indiana prohibits using a telecommunications device while driving. The only exceptions are hands-free communication or contacting 911 in a bona fide emergency.
On one trip a driver tailgates, honks for no reason, and keeps flashing their headlights at the car ahead. That's three listed acts in one episode of continuous driving, which is aggressive driving under Indiana law.
Check your understanding
Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
When is a driver allowed to use a hand-held telecommunications device while driving?
When driving slower than 25 mph
Anytime while on rural county roads
Only for calls under one minute long
Only to make a 911 emergency call
Answer: Only to make a 911 emergency call
Indiana prohibits using a telecommunications device while driving unless it is hands-free or used to contact 911 in a bona fide emergency, so hand-held use is allowed only for 911.