Motorists fined for using mobiles while driving

Acting Magistrate Krystal Delaney has reminded several motorists they must pullover if they need to use cellular phones.

“You can’t drive and use the phone,” she told Rommel Worrell, of Lower Estate, St George.

He had moments before pleaded guilty to using the device while driving his motorcar along Park Road on October 9, 2020.

Worrell explained that he answered the phone and told the person on the other end to hold. He demonstrated that he had only put the phone near his mouth before he was pulled over by police.

He was fined $500 which must be paid in 30 days or he will spend the alternative of 50 days in prison.

Leslie Padmore, of Tranquil Close, Stanford, St Philip this afternoon had to part with $300 immediately for using a cellular phone while driving along Fontabelle, St Michael on September 18, 2020.

“I was incorrect. I was a few seconds away from work and I was just checking the time. I was working when the offence occurred,” he explained to the magistrate. His fine had a 30-day prison sentence as an alternative if the money was not paid.

Another traffic offender, Jameel Mehter, of Gemswick, St Philip admitted to using a cellular phone while driving his motorcar along Wildey Main Road, on June 22, 2020.

“I would like to just apologize,” he said before Magistrate Delaney imposed a forthwith $500 fine which carried an alternative of 50 days in prison if left unpaid.

All the immediate fines were honoured.