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Old 08-19-08 | 08:35 AM
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Since Illinois was brought up...

(625 ILCS 5/1‑125.7)
Sec. 1‑125.7. Headset receiver. Any device, other than a hearing aid, designed to be worn on a person's head that enables the wearer to hear or receive electronic communications.
(Source: P.A. 90‑89, eff. 1‑1‑98.)

(625 ILCS 5/12‑610) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12‑610)
Sec. 12‑610. Headset receivers.
(a) Except as provided under Section 11‑1403.3, no driver of a motor vehicle on the highways of this State shall wear headset receivers while driving.
(b) This Section does not prohibit the use of a headset type receiving equipment used exclusively for safety or traffic engineering studies, by law enforcement personnel on duty, or emergency medical services and fire service personnel.
(c) This Section does not prohibit the use of any single sided headset type receiving and transmitting equipment designed to be used in or on one ear which is used exclusively for providing two‑way radio vocal communications by an individual in possession of a current and valid novice class or higher amateur radio license issued by the Federal Communications Commission and an amateur radio operator special registration plate issued under Section 3‑607 of this Code.
(d) This Section does not prohibit the use of a single‑sided headset or earpiece with a cellular or other mobile telephone.
(Source: P.A. 92‑152, eff. 7‑25‑01.)

(625 ILCS 5/1‑146) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1‑146)
Sec. 1‑146. Motor vehicle. Every vehicle which is self‑propelled and every vehicle which is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not operated upon rails, except for vehicles moved solely by human power and motorized wheelchairs. For this Act, motor vehicles are divided into two divisions:
First Division: Those motor vehicles which are designed for the carrying of not more than 10 persons.
Second Division: Those motor vehicles which are designed for carrying more than 10 persons, those motor vehicles designed or used for living quarters, those motor vehicles which are designed for pulling or carrying freight, cargo or implements of husbandry, and those motor vehicles of the First Division remodelled for use and used as motor vehicles of the Second Division.
(Source: P.A. 85‑1010.)

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