{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-9-13-2-177.3","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 9-13-2-177.3","heading":"\"Telecommunications device\"","body":"Sec. 177.3. (a) \"Telecommunications device\", for purposes of IC 9-21-8, IC 9-25-4-7, IC 9-24-11-3.3 (before its repeal), and IC 9-24-11-3.7, means an electronic or digital telecommunications device. The term includes the following:\n(1) A wireless telephone, personal digital assistant, pager, or text messaging device that is intended for handheld use.\n(2) A wearable device that blocks, in whole or in part, the field of vision of the person wearing the device.\n(b) The term does not include:\n(1) amateur radio equipment that is being operated by a person licensed as an amateur radio operator by the Federal Communications Commission under 47 CFR Part 97; or\n(2) a communications system installed in a commercial motor vehicle weighing more than ten thousand (10,000) pounds.","path":["TITLE 9. MOTOR VEHICLES","ARTICLE 13. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS","Chapter 2. Definitions"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_9.html#9-13-2-177.3","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-07-08T17:54:09Z","sha256":"475d0b929fffeba1e8477e2ee66b2b84a59dc150e03f4dfbad652e9c3531cd0b","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-9-13-2-177","next":"us-in/ic-9-13-2-177.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}