Florida deputy accuses driver of 'holding a phone' with her 'right hand.' But there's a big problem.

Florida deputy accuses driver of ‘holding a phone’ with her ‘right hand.’ But there’s a big problem.


A Florida sheriff’s deputy a few months back pulled over a driver and proceeded to tell her that she was “holding a phone” with her “right hand,” which would be a violation of the state’s wireless communications while driving law.

The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s deputy told the woman during the Feb. 11 stop in Lake Worth Beach that “we’re doing an operation for distracted driving, and you drove past me holding a phone with your right hand,” according to bodycam video of the traffic stop.

‘Hand to God — you did not have a phone in your hand?’

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But there was a big problem with that accusation.

The driver quickly lifted up her right arm and showed the deputy that she has no right hand. In fact, it

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