(a) General rule.-- No motor vehicle shall be operated on a highway with an image display device where a broadcast television image, a live stream video image from the Internet, satellite or any other source or a prerecorded video image is visible to the driver while the vehicle is in motion. (b) Exception.-- This section shall not apply to the following: (1) Television-type receiving equipment in a vehicle used exclusively for safety or law enforcement purposes as approved by the Pennsylvania State Police. (2) Image display devices used in conjunction with any of the following: (i) A vehicle information display. (ii) A global positioning device. (iii) A mapping display. (iv) A visual display used to enhance or supplement the driver's view forward, behind or to the sides of a motor vehicle for the purpose of maneuvering the vehicle. (v) A visual display used to enhance or supplement a driver's view of vehicle occupants. (vi) A visual display used exclusively for safety or traffic engineering information. (vii) A television receiver, video monitor, television or video screen or any other similar means of visually displaying a television broadcast or video signal, if that equipment has an interlock device that, when the motor vehicle is driven, disables the equipment from displaying a broadcast television image, live stream video image from the Internet, satellite or any other source or a prerecorded video image.
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