Video lessons · Unit 11: Alcohol and safety

Your Phone

Just one quick text while driving? Grandpa explains it in one minute.

What you'll learn

• Texting while driving is banned in almost every state.
• In many states, not even in your hand: hands-free only.
• Under eighteen or on a permit? Many states say ZERO phone. Even hands-free.
• Is it urgent? Pull over somewhere safe then answer.

Test yourself: 5 exam-style questions

1. 1. Reading a text for 5 seconds at 55 mph is like driving blind across…

   1. A whole football field
   2. Nothing, five seconds is nothing
   3. 30 feet
   4. A short block
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   Answer: A whole football field

   About 100 yards blind. Phone stays put away.

2. 2. Your phone falls on the floor while you're driving. What do you do?

   1. Bend down quickly to grab it
   2. Stop in your lane to look for it
   3. Leave it until you're parked
   4. Feel around for it with your foot
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   Answer: Leave it until you're parked

   The phone can wait on the floor. You can't survive a crash as easily.

3. 3. Many states ban holding a phone while driving. What may an adult do?

   1. Hold it if you're driving slowly
   2. Use it hands-free
   3. Hold it for a short call
   4. Text while stopped at a red light
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   Answer: Use it hands-free

   Rules vary by state, and teens are usually banned from all phone use. Check your handbook.

4. 4. You're driving and your cell phone rings. What do you do?

   1. Answer, but drive slower
   2. Don't answer: let it go to voicemail and, if you must call, pull over somewhere safe
   3. Check who it is and answer if it's important
   4. Answer quickly with the phone in your hand
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   Answer: Don't answer: let it go to voicemail and, if you must call, pull over somewhere safe

   Driving with a phone in your hand is dangerous and illegal. If it rings, don't answer: let it go to voicemail. If you have to call back, first pull over somewhere safe. Don't send or read texts while driving either.

5. 5. For drivers 21 and over, the legal blood alcohol (BAC) limit in nearly every state is…

   1. There's no limit
   2. 0.08%
   3. 0.15%
   4. 0.20%
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   Answer: 0.08%

   It's 0.08 percent. Note: Utah is stricter, at 0.05 percent, and commercial drivers have a 0.04 percent limit.