Headsets (Click here for Canada)

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

Wearing an audio headset or earplugs is not permitted while driving.

Exempts headsets when used and designed to improve a driver’s hearing ability or use navigational devices.

Licensees of child care facilities must ensure that an individual who uses a motor vehicle to transport enrolled children does not use audio headphones while the car is in motion.

School bus drivers may not wear headsets whenever the bus is in motion.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

Wearing headsets or earplugs in both ears is not permitted while driving or operating a bicycle.

Wearing earphones is not permitted while driving. Exempts hearing devices built into protective headgear.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

Wearing a headset, headphone, or other listening device, other than a hearing aid or instrument for the improvement of defective human hearing, is not permitted while driving.

Wearing a headset or headphone which would impair that person’s ability to hear, or any device which impairs a person’s vision, is not permitted while driving. Exempts headsets or headphones used for communication purposes.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

Wearing headset receivers is not permitted while driving. Exempts intercom helmets on motorcycles, cellular phone earpieces, and single-sided headsets.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

Wearing of headphones covering both ears while driving is not permitted. Exempts a headset built into a motorcycle helmet. A secondary offense.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

Wearing, either over or in both ears, earplugs, headsets, or earphones, is not permitted while driving. Exempts hearing aids.

Wearing headphones is not permitted while driving, unless the headphones are used for communication in connection with controlling the course or movement of said vehicle.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

Wearing headphones or earphones in both ears simultaneously for the purposes of receiving or listening to broadcasts or reproductions from radios, tape decks, or other sound-producing or transmitting devices, is not permitted while driving. Exempts the use of hearing aid devices.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

Wearing more than 1 earphone attached to a radio, tape player, or other audio device is not permitted while driving.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

Wearing earphones over, or earplugs in, both ears is not permitted while driving. Exempts speakers built into protective headgear or hearing aids.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

Wearing radio headsets while driving is permitted with some local exceptions.

Wearing or using 1 or more headphones or earphones is not permitted while driving. Exempts the use of hearing aids, and the use of a headset in conjunction with a cellular telephone that only provides sound through one ear and allows surrounding sounds to be heard with the other ear.

Wearing earphones or headsets is not permitted while driving or operating a bicycle.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

Using earphones is not permitted while operating a motor vehicle, bicycle, electric power-assisted bicycle, or moped. Exempts hearing aids and motorcycle helmet earphones.

Wearing any headset or earphones connected to any electronic device capable of receiving a radio broadcast or playing a sound recording, in which the headset or earphones muffle or exclude other sounds, is not permitted while driving. Exempts motorcycle helmets with approved built-in headsets, and hands-free wireless communications systems.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

N/A.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

Wearing headphones on both ears it not permitted while driving or operating a bicycle.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

Wearing headphones or earphones is not permitted while driving or operating a bicycle unless the device is used in conversational exchanges among its users to the extent that the device allows surrounding traffic noises to be heard.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.

No prohibition on wearing of headsets while driving.