A Bristol driver who tried to claim that because his car engine automatically switches off when he stops at a traffic light he can use his mobile phone has been found guilty by magistrates.
Joseph Scott was charged with driving while using a mobile phone, after being spotted on his phone behind the wheel in Stapleton Road, Easton, in April 2022.
The 36-year-old, from Muller Road in Horfield, would have been liable for the standard £200 fine and six points, but he pleaded not guilty and went to a trial that was held at Bath Magistrates' Court on April 26.
