Cell phones — Kansas Permit Test
Cell phones on the Kansas permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Kansas law prohibits the use of any electronic device to write, send or read a written communication while driving, including texting and email.
Reading counts, not just typing. Your eyes leave the road for the same few seconds either way.
Kansas law prohibits the use of any electronic device to “write, send, or read” a written communication while driving. This includes texting, email, or any other writing.
The Kansas prohibition on writing, sending or reading a written communication while driving does not include GPS devices or weather reports.
Navigation is carved out of the ban. It is still a distraction, but it is not the thing the law forbids.
It does not include GPS devices or weather reports.
Talking or dialing a phone number on a cell phone is not specifically illegal in Kansas, although anything that distracts from driving is dangerous.
The law stops short of banning calls. That does not make a call safe, and the crash does not care what is legal.
Talking, or dialing a phone number, on a cell phone is not specifically illegal in Kansas.
On the test
What does Kansas law prohibit doing with an electronic device while driving?
Writing, sending or reading a written communication. Reading counts, not just typing. Your eyes leave the road for the same few seconds either way. Kansas Driving Handbook, p.19: “Kansas law prohibits the use of any electronic device to “write, send, or read” a written communication while driving. This includes texting, email, or any other writing.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Kansas Driving Handbook, published by the Kansas Department of Revenue, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-16.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/KS.pdf (Kansas Driving Handbook, Kansas Department of Revenue, Division of Vehicles, AAMVA 09 Model Test Version (Revised February 2022), retrieved 2026-09-14)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/KS.pages.txt (pdftotext -layout over that PDF; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json (sha256, folio offset 0, folioMarker, nonLawPages and its uncovered mixed pages, the extraction flag scored on facts, and the page-offset basis)
- https://www.ksrevenue.gov/dovforms.html (the Division of Vehicles forms page the handbook is published from)
- https://www.ksrevenue.gov/dovgdl.html (the graduated driver licensing page the manual points to for ages and requirements)