As prescribed in 26.605, insert the following clause:
Encouraging Contractor Policies To Ban Text Messaging While Driving (MAY 2024)
Driving -
Text messaging means reading from or entering data into any handheld or other electronic device, including for the purpose of short message service texting, e-mailing, instant messaging, obtaining navigational information, or engaging in any other form of electronic data retrieval or electronic data communication. The term does not include glancing at or listening to a navigational device that is secured in a commercially designed holder affixed to the vehicle, provided that the destination and route are programmed into the device either before driving or while stopped in a location off the roadway where it is safe and legal to park.
(End of clause)
48 C.F.R. §§52.226-8