A 3-minute lesson from the Massachusetts course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Nothing in your vehicle should get in the way of your ability to see, react or drive. Massachusetts has specific rules about objects, headphones, televisions, and even who may ride in a pickup truck bed.
Know the rule
Nothing inside your vehicle, on the dashboard, on the windshield or hanging from the rearview mirror may block your view of the road ahead or through your mirrors.
It is illegal to wear a radio headset, headphones, or any wired or wireless device that restricts your attention to the environment while driving. If you are 18 or older, you may use one earplug with a cell phone.
Any television installed in a vehicle must be behind the front seat and not visible to the driver, even when the driver looks sideways out of the vehicle.
You're 18 and want to take a call on earbuds. Wearing both is illegal because they restrict your attention to your surroundings; one earplug is allowed for a cell phone, and the phone itself must be used hands-free.
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.
Drivers 18 and older may use what kind of listening device for a phone call while driving?
Full over-ear headphones
A single earplug
Two earbuds
Any headset they choose
Answer: A single earplug
Drivers 18 or older can use one earplug for a cell phone call.