Walk It Through: The Phone on the Commute
A text on the highway, music at a red light, and a teenager who borrows the car.
On the interstate, a text arrives on the phone in a commuter's cup holder.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
Ordinary phone use on public highways. The higher penalties and points for a work zone or a school zone, and use on private roads, are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.