Cell phone law — Louisiana Permit Test
Cell phone law on the Louisiana permit test — 4 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Louisiana law prohibits anyone from using any type of wireless device while driving unless it is hands free.
Holding a phone ties up a hand you need for the wheel and pulls your eyes down.
Anyone using any type of wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle, unless they are hands free
Louisiana law prohibits anyone, of any age, from writing, sending or reading a text while driving.
Reading a text takes your eyes off the road long enough to cover a football field at highway speed.
Anyone to write, send, or read a text-based communication, regardless of age
Louisiana law prohibits anyone from accessing, reading or posting to a social networking site while driving.
Scrolling a feed pulls your mind off the road as surely as a text does.
Anyone to access, read, or post to a social networking site, regardless of age
Texting causes a driver to look away from the road for 4.6 seconds, the length of a football field at 55 mph.
A few seconds feels short, but at highway speed you cover a whole field without looking.
Texting causes a driver to look away from the road for 4.6 seconds.
On the test
Under Louisiana law, how may a driver use a wireless phone while driving?
Only hands free. Holding a phone ties up a hand you need for the wheel and pulls your eyes down. Class D & E Driver's Guide, p.78: “Anyone using any type of wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle, unless they are hands free”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Class D & E Driver's Guide, published by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/LA.pdf (Class D & E Driver's Guide, DPSMV2052 (R08/25), Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles, retrieved 2026-09-14; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/LA.pages.txt (the plain pdftotext fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/LA-exam.html (the OMV's Permits page, https://expresslane.la.gov/omv/drivers/personal-driver-s-licenses/permits/, archived 2026-10-04; the 40-question count)
- https://expresslane.la.gov/omv/resources/driver-manuals/
- https://expresslane.la.gov/omv/drivers/personal-driver-s-licenses/new-licenses/ (read 2026-10-04; "An 80% is the minimum passing score for the knowledge test.")