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The trial occurred on the Town of Lockport, Niagara County on the 29th of May, 2013. The defendant was motorist Alyssa Riexinger, accused of cell phone use in violation of NY Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1225-d. The lone witness for the state was one Trooper Timothy Waild, who had been a New York State Trooper since 1987. The honorable Justice G. Tilney presided. The State’s Case
Ms. Riexinger then took the stand on her own behalf. She testified that she was on a half-hour break from work and the vehicle’s clock was broken, so she checked her cell phone for the time. She was not texting or communicating on the cell phone. Ms. Riexinger also submitted into evidence Exhibits, "A" and "B" proving demonstrably through documentary evidence that her cell phone had no activity either texting or phone calls for the date and time of the ticket. Although she had the cell phone in her hand, no communication was had.
(a) `Portable electronic device' shall mean any hand-held mobile telephone, as defined by subdivision one of section twelve hundred twenty-five-c of this article, personal digital assistant (PDA), handheld device with mobile data access, laptop computer, pager, broadband personal communication device, two-way messaging device, electronic game, or portable computing device.
The People maintain the presumption under Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1225-d (4) and defendant's own testimony shows she was using a portable electronic device while the car was moving. Defendant asserts that she was not using her phone within the meaning of the law.
The evidence adduced was that it was clear Ms. Riexinger was only checking the time on the phone. Had the allegation been that Ms. Riexinger was talking on the phone Trooper Waild would have charged defendant under Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1225-c. Moreover Defendant's exhibit B, unchallenged by the People, shows no texting was going on at the time of observation by Trooper Waild or at the arrest of the defendant. Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1225-d applies not only to texting, but also to using a portable electronic device while driving for any other purpose, such as surfing the web or checking emails. Consequently, V & T Law § 1225-d (2) (a) and (b) hold that a "portable electronic device" is any hand-held mobile telephone and "using" that device while "viewing ... images" is prohibited. Inasmuch as Criminal statutes must be strictly construed, the prohibited action under Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1225-d does not encompass using a cell phone as a clock or watch. The court finds the defendant's actions akin to taking a pocket watch out to view the time. Surely, the New York State Legislature did not intend to prohibit this kind of action when enacting Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1225-d.
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