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Katie Thomas was accused of holding a phone in her right hand, despite not having one
A one-armed woman has gone mega-viral after she quickly refuted a cop's claim that she was driving with a phone in her "right hand." A distracted driving traffic citation was issued to a woman who
A Florida cop pulled over what he thought was a distracted driver using her cellphone while she whizzed past him — but was floored when he learned she only had one hand. Kathleen Thomas, 36, was pulled over by an officer with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office in February on suspicion of distracted driving.
As of Friday afternoon — the first day of a new law allowing police officers to cite people for texting and driving — officers around the region said they hadn’t passed out citations but added that they are keeping an eye out for violators of the new law.
A disabled woman had charges dropped against her after a police officer wrongly cited her for distracted driving.
From April 4 to April 30, Trumbull police will be out in force looking for distracted drivers as part of the U Drive. U Text. U Pay. campaign, a high-visibility effort to enforce distracted-driving laws. Texting and driving is illegal and dangerous, but it ...
A year after the texting while driving ban went into effect in Ohio, citations are relatively low and law enforcement officials say it's a difficult law to enforce. The Ohio Highway Patrol recently released statistics showing that troopers across the state ...
Although it’s been illegal since 2008 to text while driving, police say many Montrealers still refuse to put down their cell phones when they’re behind the wheel. CBC reporter Leah Hendry got to ride along with Montreal traffic police,