
Quoting
sniper
I was in court one day watching another ticket issued by an allied agency. The gentleman who was written the cell phone ticket was arguing that since he recently had his car stereo stolen, he was using his Pandora app to listen to music. That was the reason he was holding his phone close to his head (like the officer testified, it appeared he was talking on his cell phone while it was on speaker phone as he was holding the phone close to his ear).
So the gentleman, to add credibility to his testimony, pulls out his smart phone and turns on the screen to show that Pandora is indeed an app on his phone. He pointed to the Pandora icon (like an old judge who wears glasses can see that far...) He inadvertently pressed the Pandora icon while he was pointing to it. While still holding his phone and talking about how the violation should be dismissed, Pandora was done loading and started blasting MC Hammer era rap. Gentleman fumbles (literally) the phone while trying to turn it off. He drops the phone, it bounces off the desk he’s sitting at and onto the floor. He reaches for it and after about 5 panicked, Neanderthal button pressing seconds, he gets it shut off. He then asks the judge, "Where was I at?" Judge, "Was that distracting?". Gentleman, "Yes". Judge, "Guilty".