First off, I loathe talking on the cell phone while driving -- it's very distracting, even though I use a bluetooth device. Fortunately I rarely need to talk while driving-- only my immediate family and my daughter's school have my cell number.
I wear the bluetooth if I happen to be driving at a time when I think I might get a call (e.g. my daughter will call if she missed the school bus home and needs to be picked up; my husband calls briefly during his lunch break.) At other times, I don't wear the bluetooth-- it is uncomfortable and interferes with the earpiece of my sunglasses/tends to fall off.
So if the cell phone should ring when I am not wearing the bluetooth, and I decide to pull over to answer it, is it sufficient to be idling by the side of the road or must the engine actually be turned off while using a hand held phone, to be in compliance with the law? I am in CT.
The reason I'm wondering this is that I heard of a situation where a person in CA was told by an officer that her car engine needed to be turned off to use the phone.
Can anyone clarify the law?
Thanks in advance.
I wear the bluetooth if I happen to be driving at a time when I think I might get a call (e.g. my daughter will call if she missed the school bus home and needs to be picked up; my husband calls briefly during his lunch break.) At other times, I don't wear the bluetooth-- it is uncomfortable and interferes with the earpiece of my sunglasses/tends to fall off.
So if the cell phone should ring when I am not wearing the bluetooth, and I decide to pull over to answer it, is it sufficient to be idling by the side of the road or must the engine actually be turned off while using a hand held phone, to be in compliance with the law? I am in CT.
The reason I'm wondering this is that I heard of a situation where a person in CA was told by an officer that her car engine needed to be turned off to use the phone.
Can anyone clarify the law?
Thanks in advance.
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