Prohibición de televisores visibles para el conductor en vehículos

Explicación Simple

No puedes tener un televisor que se vea mientras manejas. Esto es para que no te distraigas y puedas conducir de forma segura.

Es como si estuvieras cocinando y tu amigo pone un video en la pared frente a ti. Te distrae y podrías quemar la comida o cortarte.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Carlos está manejando su camioneta y decide ver su programa favorito en la pantalla del auto. Sin embargo, como eso es ilegal en Virginia, debe asegurarse de que la pantalla no muestre imágenes mientras está en movimiento, para evitar distracciones.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

Va. Code § 46.2-1077 - Motor vehicles not to be equipped with television within view of driver; viewing motion pictures or similar displays while driving. A. No motor vehicle registered in the Commonwealth shall be equipped with, nor shall there be used therein, a television receiver when the moving images are visible to the driver while the vehicle is in motion. The operator of a motor vehicle that is not required to be registered in the Commonwealth shall not operate a television receiver that violates the provisions of this section while driving in the Commonwealth. The prohibitions contained in this subsection shall not, however, include: 1. Electronic displays used in conjunction with vehicle navigation and mapping systems, or as part of a digital dispatch system; 2. Closed circuit video monitors designed to operate only in conjunction with dedicated video cameras and used in rear-view systems on trucks, motor homes, and other motor vehicles; 3. Television receivers or monitors used in government-owned vehicles by law-enforcement officers and employees of the Department of Transportation in the course of their official duties; 4. Visual displays 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; 5. A vehicle information display; 6. A visual display used to enhance or supplement a driver's view of vehicle occupants; 7. Television-type receiving equipment used exclusively for safety or traffic engineering information; or 8. A television receiver, video monitor, television or video screen, or any other similar means of visually displaying a moving image, if that equipment is factory-installed and has an interlock device that, when the motor vehicle operator is performing one o