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Rhode Island restraints and phone use: sources and limits
5 original questions with explanations and saved review. Five scenarios on adult and child restraints, handheld calls, younger drivers and texting at a red light. Saved mistakes join your other Rhode Island car practice.
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How we built this practice
The complete relevant Rhode Island legislative sections and exceptions were read October 8, 2026. Displayed histories end in 2017 for restraints, 2014 for the minor-device rule, and July 2, 2025 for the call and texting amendments. Review does not mean an exhaustive search of every later amendment.
- RI General Laws — restraints, section 31-22-22
- RI General Laws — handheld calls, section 31-22-31
- RI General Laws — drivers under 18, section 31-22-11.9
- RI General Laws — texting, section 31-22-30
The five original scenarios and all four choices were independently reviewed October 8, 2026 using the actual official section bodies. Personal-trip, nonemergency, age, size, seating and safe-stop conditions are preserved. HTML section references are not PDF page numbers.
What is not covered
These ordinary private-car scenarios exclude the stated medical, emergency and official-duty exceptions. Hands-free calls by adults, under-18 calls and manual texting are distinct rules. This short set does not cover every exception, penalty or application requirement.
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