At 03:16 PM 10/13/2014, Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ wrote:
In January 2009 the Board instructed the Executive Committee to develop a policy with the objective of keeping mobile Amateur Radio operation from being impacted by state and municipal �distracted driving� legislation. The EC did so and the resulting Mobile Amateur Radio Policy has been widely circulated and used ever since.
As discussed in the November 2013 QST editorial, Public Law 112-141 (MAP-21) established requirements for states to qualify for federal safe-driving grants. Only the specific exceptions included in the law are permitted, and these do not include an exception for Amateur Radio. Accordingly, the 2009 policy needed to be revised.
The Executive Committee completed work on the revision at its October 4 meeting. The revised policy is attached.
The minutes of the October 4 EC meeting will be available shortly.
It isn't easy to tell what changed, is there a marked-up copy showing the changes? -- Tom ===== e-mail: k1ki@arrl.org ARRL New England Division Director http://www.arrl.org/ Tom Frenaye, K1KI, P O Box J, West Suffield CT 06093 Phone: 860-668-5444