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RADIO LAW: QUEBEC ANTI CELLPHONE WHILE DRIVING LAW NOW
EXCLUDES TWO WAY RADIO
Some good news for hams living in the Canadian Province of
Quebec. A four year old law banning the use of cellular
phones while driving now has an implied exemption for those
using two-way radio gear including radio amateurs. Amateur
Radio Newsline's Heather Butera-Howell, KB3TZD, is here with
the latest:
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According to a news release from Radio Amateurs of Quebec,
the ban on the use of cellular telephones while driving came
into force in April of 2008. Since that time different
police departments have issued tickets for the use of
various types of devices which in each departments view
could be construed as a mobile telephone system.
Those who have received these tickets have vigorously
contested them. But over the years the various courts
hearing these cases have expanded considerably on what they
believed the meaning of the law was to include a multitude
of communications equipment far from cellular telephones.
Now, after four years of uncertainty the situation has now
been clarified by amendments to the Highway Safety Code
which came into effect this past June 6th. A new article
of the code simply says that no person may, while driving a
road vehicle, may use a hand-held device that includes a
telephone function. More important, the first paragraph
does not apply to a two-way radio or any cordless voice
communication device which does not allow the parties to
speak simultaneously.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Heather Butera_Howell,
KB3TZD, near Berwick, Pennsylvania.
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According to the new version of the law, for the purposes of
enforcement, a driver in Quebec who is holding a hand-held
device that includes a telephone function is presumed to be
using the device. This prohibition does not apply to
drivers of emergency vehicles in the performance of their
duties. (VE2LGL, RAQI)
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