§ 4527 — Image display device

(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.

Legislative History

(Apr. 29, 1994, P.L.148, No.25, eff. imd.; Apr. 20, 2016, P.L.151, No.19, eff. 60 days)