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May an ordinary adult driver hold a phone to read a routine message while operating a vehicle on a Michigan public road?
Correct answer: No; a routine message is not an exception.
Why
Michigan generally prohibits holding or using a mobile electronic device while operating a vehicle, including while temporarily stopped in traffic or at a signal. Limited statutory emergency and other exceptions exist; a routine message is not one.
Verified against What Every Driver Must Know · Handheld phone use · p. 37
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