Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleA disabled driver, Kathleen Thomas, 36, was pulled over by a police officer in Palm Beach County on suspicion of distracted driving. The officer accused her of holding her mobile phone in her right hand whilst behind the wheel. Thomas immediately disproved the accusation by showing the officer that she does not have a right hand. Despite her demonstration, the officer initially persisted, asking her to swear on her “other hand”. The citation issued to Thomas was subsequently dismissed by the officer who issued it. In fullCop pulls over disabled driver for ‘using phone in right hand’ – then she lifts her armThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

She revealed to the officer that she had no right hand after being pulled over.

Amputee Kathleen Thomas, 36, was pulled over on a highway in Lake Worth Beach, about one hour north of Miami, by a sheriff's deputy.

A police officer pulled over a disabled driver for allegedly holding her phone in her right hand while behind the wheel, but she immediately proved him wrong. Footage shared by…

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Bodycam footage from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office shows the officer insisting he saw her holding the device in her hand while driving

A one-armed woman has gone mega-viral after she quickly refuted a cop’s claim that she was driving with a phone in her “right hand.” pic.twitter.com/nmcua8DcOb

"I mean, obviously not," the woman laughed as the deputy made an apparently absurd allegation.

"I mean, obviously not," the woman laughed as the deputy made an apparently absurd allegation.

The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office dismissed a traffic ticket issued to a one-handed woman who was accused of texting and driving.

Kathleen Thomas, who is missing her right hand, thought it was a misunderstanding when a deputy pulled her over for allegedly holding her phone with that hand while driving.…

The deputy insisted he saw a driver with a phone in her right hand. That turned out to be impossible, and the case was dropped.

The traffic stop went viral after Katie Thomas, the woman who was cited in the incident, posted video of the stop on social media.

A Florida woman who was ticketed for allegedly holding a cellphone in her right hand while driving, despite not having a right hand, has had the citation dismissed months after…