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“Handheld mobile telephone” and “portable electronic device” means a wireless communication device that is designed to engage in calls, receive and transmit text, image messages, and data and requires being held in one hand.

“Hands-free use” means the use of a mobile telephone or portable electronic device without the use of either hand by employing an internal feature of, or an attachment to, the device.

“Operating” means being in actual physical control of a motor vehicle on a highway or street and included being temporarily stopped because of traffic, a traffic light or stop sign or otherwise, but excludes operating a motor vehicle when the vehicle has pulled over to the side of the road or off an active roadway and has stopped at a location in which it can safely remain stationary. ((O)16-15, 12/07/2016)