Adults and phones: hands-free only
A free practice question for the Maryland permit test, with the answer explained.
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You are 25. How may you use a cell phone while driving?
The rule
It is illegal to hold a cell phone while driving, including to text. Fully licensed adults may make hands-free calls, but should keep them short and pull off the road to make one.
It's illegal to hold a phone while driving, including to text. Adults may make hands-free calls but should use the phone as little as possible.
From the Maryland Driver's Manual, Section 6, page 35. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the MVA have the final word.
Often mixed up with
People confuse these rules with this one. Each has its own practice question.
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