{"data":{"id":"us-de/21-del.-c.-4176b","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"21 Del. C. § 4176B","heading":"Cell phone use by school bus drivers; penalties.","body":"(a) No driver shall operate a school bus on any highway while using a cell telephone while such vehicle is in motion and such vehicle is transporting 1 or more children; provided, that this section shall not apply to communications made to and from a central dispatch, school transportation department or its equivalent when the bus is not equipped with a functioning 2-way radio.\n(b) For the purposes of this section, “cell telephone” means a cellular, analog, wireless or digital telephone.\n(c) Whoever violates this section shall for the first offense be fined not less than $50 nor more than $100. For each subsequent offense the person shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $200 and shall have that person’s school bus endorsement removed from that person’s driver’s license for a period of at least 6 months.\n(d) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the driver’s use of a cell telephone was necessitated by a bona fide emergency.","path":["Title 21. Motor Vehicles","Operation and Equipment","CHAPTER 41. Rules of the Road","Subchapter IX. Reckless Driving; Driving While Intoxicated"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title21/c041/sc09/index.html#4176B","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:27Z","sha256":"4b93a3066b4fe216a2000421c24669aac79ce0be2e40b40cd6e9d9a23fb0a2e1","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/21-del.-c.-4176a","next":"us-de/21-del.-c.-4176c"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}