Televisions and television type receiving equipment prohibited

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  • (a) No motor vehicle operated on the roads and highways of the Virgin Islands shall be equipped with any television or television type receiving equipment so located that the viewer, display or screen is visible from the driver’s seat.

  • (b) As used in this section “television type receiving equipment” includes electronic equipment capable of playing digital video discs (“DVDs”).

  • (c) This section does not apply to the following motor vehicles and under the following circumstances:

    • (1) public safety or emergency motor vehicles when the use, operation or equipment of televisions or television type equipment is approved by the public safety or emergency service employer and the use, operation or equipment of televisions or television type equipment is used in the course and scope of the duties of the public safety or emergency services entity; and

    • (2) motor vehicles which use a viewer, display or screen in conjunction with a vehicle navigation system, and when used for solely for that purpose.

  • (d) A violation of this section is a traffic infraction punishable by a fine of twenty dollars ($20) for a first offense.

  • (e) A second or subsequent violation of this section is punishable by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50), but not more than two hundred dollars ($200).

  • (f) Three or more violations of this section within a three year period is punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100), but not more than two hundred dollars ($200), and a person to whom this subsection applies may have his driver’s license suspended for a period not to exceed 1 year.


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