Amendment #6 to H5375

An Act Relative to the safe operation of motor vehicles

Mr. Murray of Milford moves to amend the bill by adding the following sections:

SECTION XXXX.      Subsection (a) of section 13B of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the third sentence the following:-

No operator of a motor vehicle shall record, broadcast, or otherwise capture images or video of themselves. No operator shall wear, hold, or otherwise utilize or interact with a spatial computer, or other augmented reality or mixed reality device, operating system, or three-dimensional user interface.

SECTION XXXX.      Said section 13B of said chapter 90, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after subsection (a) the following subsection:-

(a1/2) An operator shall not view video, images or text unrelated to the operation, maintenance, or navigation of the motor vehicle that is displayed on a monitor, screen or other display installed in the motor vehicle or otherwise worn as a headset or elsewhere on the operator’s body. This subsection shall not apply to: (i) symbols or text that enable or disable the hands-free mode of either a mobile electronic device or an on-board application; (ii) symbols or text related to the use of audio systems; (iii) symbols or text related to the use of equipment installed in the motor vehicle by the manufacturer; (iv) symbols or text related to the use of a dispatch system; (v) video or images of vehicle occupants other than the operator; or (vi) video, images, symbols or text related to the use of traffic engineering equipment.

SECTION XXXX.      Subsection (c) of said section 13B of said chapter 90, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking the words “using a mobile electronic device.”