Judge agrees with driver and rules that a hash brown is not a smartphone

Back in November, we told you about a man named Jason Stiber from Westport, Connecticut who was pulled over last year for "distracted driving." The cop that wrote Stiber the $300 ticket didn't buy the driver's story, which admittedly sounds like it was cooked up. Stiber told the cop that what appeared to be a smartphone in his hand was actually a hash brown from McDonald's that he was eating. He said that he had no reason to put his phone up to his mouth since he uses Bluetooth in the car. In addition, the driver even showed the officer his phone, which revealed that he had neither made nor ...