Oakdale Municipal Code Art. XIII Public Offenses

[Ord. No. 1193.]

A person shall not drive a motor vehicle while using a wireless telephone unless that telephone is specifically designed and configured to allow hands-free listening and talking, and is used in that manner while driving.

This section does not apply to a person using a wireless telephone for emergency purposes, including, but not limited to, an emergency call to a law enforcement agency, health care provider, fire department, or other emergency services agency or entity.

This section does not apply to an emergency services professional using a wireless telephone while operating an authorized emergency vehicle.

This section does not apply to a person when using a digital two-way radio that utilizes a wireless telephone that operates by depressing a push-to-talk feature and does not require immediate proximity to the ear of the user.

[Ord. No. 1193.]

A person shall not operate a motor vehicle on a highway unless that person and all passengers sixteen years of age or over are properly restrained by a safety belt. This paragraph does not apply to the operator of a taxicab, when the taxicab is driven on a city street and is engaged in the transportation of a fare-paying passenger.

A person sixteen years of age or over shall not be a passenger in a motor vehicle on a highway unless that person is properly restrained by a safety belt.