A wagon driver has been found guilty of driving while talking on his phone.
Christopher Bowling, 35, of Bankfield Road, Shipley, was followed by a traffic officer in an unmarked police car who had seen him on the A629 bypass, Skipton, holding his phone up to his left ear, Skipton magistrates heard.
Bowling admitted talking to his girlfriend at the time, but said he had been using a handsfree set. He claimed he had not been holding a phone up to his ear, but had been driving while resting one arm on an arm rest in the middle of the cab.
After finding Bowling guilty of driving while using his phone on April 30, magistrates fined him £100 and endorsed his licence with three penalty points. He was ordered to pay costs of £300 and a £15 victims surcharge.
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