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Driver ticketed for what she did while waiting at red light

A driver thought for a moment she was the target of an April Fools’ joke when she was pulled over for something many wouldn’t even think twice about
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A driver thought for a moment she was the target of an April Fools’ joke when she was pulled over for something many wouldn’t even think twice about.

Stephanie Fragoso was stopped at a red light Wednesday, April 1, 2015 when she got pulled over, according to a report by 8 News NOW. The officer told her he pulled her over because she was putting on makeup.

“I told him it was Chapstick,” Fragoso said, according to the report.

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Fragoso reportedly thought it was a prank at first, since it was April Fools’ Day, but when she was cited for applying Chapstick, she realized it was real and actually part of a statewide campaign to nab distracted drivers.

The officer told the Las Vegas woman that she could have gotten pulled over for any distractions, from “drinking water” to “shaving your legs.”

According to Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Loy Hixson, the law is not very well known.

“It states that when a person is operating a vehicle they must provide full attention to the driving so that it won’t render that action to be unsafe,” Hixson said.

Hixson said distracted driving can come in many forms.

“They may be eating. We’ve seen women putting on makeup, I have seen men shaving with their electric razors,” Hixon said. “One time, when I was driving down US 95, I saw a lady watching a movie on her iPad and the iPad was attached to her steering wheel with Velcro.”

Related: What one QCA police agency is doing to snag distracted drivers

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