In force: 2023-06-01
1. For the purposes of the first paragraph of section 443.1 of the Highway Safety Code (chapter C-24.2), “hands-free device” means(1) a device that can be used to operate a cellular telephone or any other portable device, through a vocal command or a simple manual command that the driver can activate without being distracted from driving the road vehicle; or
(2) the speaker function of a cellular telephone, where that function does not require the driver of the road vehicle to handle the telephone or use a display screen.
A part of a road vehicle on which information is projected using a technology to that effect is considered to be a display screen.
781-2023O.C. 781-2023, s. 1.