### Question
How does HIGHWAY SAFETY define texting?


### Answer
Under *23 U.S.C. § 405*, **texting** is defined as:

> reading from or manually entering data into a personal wireless communications device, including doing so for the purpose of SMS texting, e-mailing, instant messaging, or engaging in any other form of electronic data retrieval or electronic data communication

#### Citation:
  - *23 U.S.C. § 405*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 4-HIGHWAY SAFETY**

