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By Nikita Braxton-Benjamin nikita.braxton@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created: Sep 9, 2011 at 11:53 PM ECT
Story Updated: Sep 9, 2011 at 11:53 PM ECT
A WOMAN who said she was on an overseas call to her four-year-old son when she was charged with driving and talking on her cellular phone is the first defendant to challenge this law before the San Fernando Magistrates' Court.
Joanne Bedassie-Samaroo pleaded not guilty yesterday to driving while holding or using a hand-held device.
The trial began before Traffic Court Magistrate Indira Misir-Gosine.
It is alleged that on April 5 at Vistabella, Bedassie-Samaroo was talking on the mobile device while driving.
Constable Ray Dieffenthaller told the court it was around 3.40 p.m., while he was on foot patrol, when he saw the woman attempting to turn onto Jarvis Street, San Fernando.
At the time, he said, she was using her right hand to hold the phone to the right side of her face. He said he was ten feet from the car, which was moving slowly in traffic, and he observed that her lips appeared to be moving.
When stopped, it is alleged Bedassie-Samaroo placed the phone on the passenger seat.
Dieffenthalller said she told him, "Officer I was just talking to my four-year-old son in the (United) States."
When it was time to cross examine the officer, Bedassie-Samaroo, who earlier said she did not need an attorney to fight her case, decided to exercise that option.
She said she did not retain a lawyer earlier because she could not afford one.
Misir-Gosine advised her of legal aid.
The matter was adjourned to next Tuesday, when Bedassie-Gosine will give her side of the story.
Bedassie-Gosine, of Marabella, was charged under Regulation 4 Subsection 1 of the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic (Mobile Devices) Regulations 2010, which came into effect on February 19 of this year.
She was issued a $1,000 ticket but came to court yesterday to challenge it.
Should she be found guilty by the magistrate, she could face a fine of up to $1,500 or serve three months in prison.
At first I gave her the benefit of the doubt based on the title of the article, I thought that B mobile overcharged her and she wanted to challenge her bill in court to tell them she doesn't need to pay so much overseas fees Mark! wrote:Who ever gets charge for driving and using the phone deserves it, cuz if u on the phone and driving and did not see a police looking at you, you obviously wasnt paying attention to the road
Stephon. wrote:^She already admitted to talking on the phone though. No need for that.
MG Man wrote:i wasn't talking on my cellphone
my phone was talkin to me
like you want a stint @ St. Annes, added to your sentence.Mark! wrote:Who ever gets charge for driving and using the phone deserves it, cuz if u on the phone and driving and did not see a police looking at you, you obviously wasnt paying attention to the road
MG Man wrote:i wasn't talking on my cellphone
my phone was talkin to me
rfari wrote:Mark! wrote:Who ever gets charge for driving and using the phone deserves it, cuz if u on the phone and driving and did not see a police looking at you, you obviously wasnt paying attention to the road
Exactly! Judge should just fine her the same 1K and tell her buss out.
~Vēġó~ wrote:buss she draws!!!!!
ronsin1 wrote:so which is it Bedassie-Samaroo or Bedassie-Gosine
rollingstock wrote:Had to be a woman
Stephon. wrote:By Nikita Braxton-Benjamin nikita.braxton@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created: Sep 9, 2011 at 11:53 PM ECT
Story Updated: Sep 9, 2011 at 11:53 PM ECT
A WOMAN who said she was on an overseas call to her four-year-old son when she was charged with driving and talking on her cellular phone is the first defendant to challenge this law before the San Fernando Magistrates' Court.
Joanne Bedassie-Samaroo pleaded not guilty yesterday to driving while holding or using a hand-held device.
The trial began before Traffic Court Magistrate Indira Misir-Gosine.
It is alleged that on April 5 at Vistabella, Bedassie-Samaroo was talking on the mobile device while driving.
Constable Ray Dieffenthaller told the court it was around 3.40 p.m., while he was on foot patrol, when he saw the woman attempting to turn onto Jarvis Street, San Fernando.
At the time, he said, she was using her right hand to hold the phone to the right side of her face. He said he was ten feet from the car, which was moving slowly in traffic, and he observed that her lips appeared to be moving.
When stopped, it is alleged Bedassie-Samaroo placed the phone on the passenger seat.
Dieffenthalller said she told him, "Officer I was just talking to my four-year-old son in the (United) States."
When it was time to cross examine the officer, Bedassie-Samaroo, who earlier said she did not need an attorney to fight her case, decided to exercise that option.
She said she did not retain a lawyer earlier because she could not afford one.
Misir-Gosine advised her of legal aid.
The matter was adjourned to next Tuesday, when Bedassie-Gosine will give her side of the story.
Bedassie-Gosine, of Marabella, was charged under Regulation 4 Subsection 1 of the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic (Mobile Devices) Regulations 2010, which came into effect on February 19 of this year.
She was issued a $1,000 ticket but came to court yesterday to challenge it.
Should she be found guilty by the magistrate, she could face a fine of up to $1,500 or serve three months in prison.
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MG Man wrote:pffffffffffft
as a driver I have very good multitasking skills
If other people don't, then tough
I can safely talk on a a cell and drive
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