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   The slut was lying.  Good catch, officer.   
      
   A Canadian woman says she was just checking the time, a police officer   
   says her mind wasn't fully on driving, and an Ontario judge has sided   
   with the cop.   
      
   The National Post reports Victoria Ambrose was found guilty of   
   breaking a distracted-driving law, after a University of Guelph police   
   officer whose vehicle was stopped next to hers at a red light in April   
   says he noticed a "glow" in her car from an electronic device, per his   
   testimony in front of Justice of the Peace Lloyd Phillipps.   
      
   The cop added he saw Ambrose glance up and down about four times and   
   that she was slow to start moving when the light turned green.   
      
   (Gizmodo notes unless the Apple Watch is in "Wrist Raise" mode, the   
   user needs to tap the display once to activate it to check the time,   
   then tap it again to deactivate.) The cop says he had to shine a light   
   to get her to go, at which point he pulled her over and ticketed her.   
      
   The case came down to Ontario's anti-distracted-driving law, which   
   bans driving "while holding or using a handheld wireless communication   
   device." Although Ambrose tried to argue the Apple Watch shouldn't be   
   considered a handheld device, Phillipps said the watch was "no less a   
   source of distraction than a cellphone taped to someone's wrist" and   
   that it was "abundantly clear," based on the cop's testimony, that   
   Ambrose was distracted.   
      
   Gizmodo points out various studies that lend credence to the judge's   
   decision, with research suggesting not only are hands-free devices in   
   general not safer than handheld devices while driving, but also that   
   smartwatches in particular slow down driver response time—and were   
   found to be even more distracting than a regular smartphone.   
      
   Ambrose was hit with a $400 fine for her time check. (An Apple Watch   
   turned out to be a lifesaver for this Brooklyn man.)   
      
   This article originally appeared on Newser: Cop Pulled Up to a Light.   
   In the Car Next to Him, a 'Glow'   
      
   http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2018/06/05/says-was-just-checking-he   
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