Which of the following is illegal while driving?
- Wearing a headset or ear plugs that covers both ears. ✓
- Wearing a headset or ear plugs that covers one ear.
- Using cruise control on residential streets.
Answer: A. Wearing a headset or ear plugs that covers both ears.
Wearing a headset or ear plugs that covers both ears is illegal while driving.
Why this is the answer
The handbook's section on health and driving says hearing matters because you need to hear horns, sirens, motorcycles, and screeching tires that warn you of hazards. Right after that, it states plainly that wearing a headset or earplugs in both ears while driving is illegal. So the rule is about blocking both ears at once, which is the choice that matches the handbook's wording.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Wearing a headset or ear plugs that covers one ear. — Covering only one ear is not what the handbook bans; its illegal-wearing rule is written for both ears, so one ear is left allowed.
- C. Using cruise control on residential streets. — The handbook passage on hearing and headsets says nothing about cruise control, so it gives no basis for calling cruise control on residential streets illegal.
Remember it
Both ears blocked is the line the handbook draws, so remember it as an all-or-nothing hearing rule.