Handheld Phone and Texting Laws for Drivers by U.S. State

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Handheld Phone and Texting Laws for Drivers by U.S. State

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Source: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, 2017

Handheld phone use ban

Texting ban

Alabama

Local option/Mixed

Yes

Alaska

Local option/Mixed

Yes

Arizona

No

No

Arkansas

Local option/Mixed

Yes

California

Yes

Yes

Colorado

Local option/Mixed

Yes

Connecticut

Yes

Yes

DC

Yes

Yes

Delaware

Yes

Yes

Florida

Local option/Mixed

Yes

Georgia

Local option/Mixed

Yes

Hawaii

Yes

Yes

Idaho

Local option/Mixed

Yes

Illinois

Yes

Yes

Indiana

Local option/Mixed

Yes

Iowa

Local option/Mixed

Yes

Kansas

Local option/Mixed

Yes

Kentucky

Local option/Mixed

Yes

Louisiana

Local option/Mixed

Yes

Maine

Local option/Mixed

Yes

Maryland

Yes

Yes

Massachusetts

Local option/Mixed

Yes

Michigan

Local option/Mixed

Yes

Minnesota

Local option/Mixed

Yes

Mississippi

Local option/Mixed

Yes

Missouri

No

No

Montana

No

No

Nebraska

Local option/Mixed

Yes

Nevada

Yes

Yes

New Hampshire

Yes

Yes

New Jersey

Yes

Yes

New Mexico

Local option/Mixed

Yes

New York

Yes

Yes

North Carolina

Local option/Mixed

Yes

North Dakota

Local option/Mixed

Yes

Ohio

Local option/Mixed

Yes

Oklahoma

Local option/Mixed

Yes

Oregon

Yes

Yes

Pennsylvania

Local option/Mixed

Yes

Rhode Island

Local option/Mixed

Yes

South Carolina

Local option/Mixed

Yes

South Dakota

Local option/Mixed

Yes

Tennessee

Local option/Mixed

Yes

Texas

Local option/Mixed

Yes
Utah

Local option/Mixed

Yes

Vermont

Yes

Yes

Virginia

Local option/Mixed

Yes

Washington

Yes

Yes

West Virginia

Yes

Yes

Wisconsin

Local option/Mixed

Yes

Wyoming Local option/Mixed

Yes

 

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