§ 4527. Image display device.

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(a)General rule.-- No motor vehicle shall be operated on a highway with an image display device where a broadcast television image, a live stream video image from the Internet, satellite or any other source or a prerecorded video image is visible to the driver while the vehicle is in motion.

(b)Exception.-- This section shall not apply to the following:

(1)Television-type receiving equipment in a vehicle used exclusively for safety or law enforcement purposes as approved by the Pennsylvania State Police.

(2)Image display devices used in conjunction with any of the following:

(i)A vehicle information display.

(ii)A global positioning device.

(iii)A mapping display.

(iv)A visual display used to enhance or supplement the driver's view forward, behind or to the sides of a motor vehicle for the purpose of maneuvering the vehicle.

(v)A visual display used to enhance or supplement a driver's view of vehicle occupants.

(vi)A visual display used exclusively for safety or traffic engineering information.

(vii)A television receiver, video monitor, television or video screen or any other similar means of visually displaying a television broadcast or video signal, if that equipment has an interlock device that, when the motor vehicle is driven, disables the equipment from displaying a broadcast television image, live stream video image from the Internet, satellite or any other source or a prerecorded video image.

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(Apr. 29, 1994, P.L.148, No.25, eff. imd.; Apr. 20, 2016, P.L.151, No.19, eff. 60 days)

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