1. (a) A motor vehicle driven on a highway in this State may not be equipped with television-type receiving equipment that is turned on and displaying an image visible to the driver.

2. (b) This section does not prevent:

   1. (1) The use of television-type receiving equipment in a vehicle exclusively for safety or law enforcement purposes, as approved by the Department of State Police;
   2. (2) The use in a vehicle of equipment used exclusively for alphanumeric data and text transmission and reception; or

   3. (3) The use in a vehicle of electronic display equipment:

      1. (i) Used in conjunction with:

         1. 1. A vehicle navigation system; or
         2. 2. Broadcast and satellite radio system graphics; or
      2. (ii) Displaying information or images related to the operation or safety of a motor vehicle.

Added by Acts 1977, c. 14, § 2, eff. July 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1989, c. 420; Acts 1994, c. 165, § 3, eff. July 1, 1994; Acts 1994, c. 166, § 3, eff. July 1, 1994; Acts 1994, c. 446, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1994; Acts 1995, c. 3, § 2, eff. March 7, 1995; Acts 2010, c. 539, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2010.

Formerly Art. 66 ½, § 12-414.