Reason for the stop is I saw your cell phone in your hand when you're driving, okay? >> That That was a sandwich. >> It was I saw your phone. >> My phone? >> Yeah. >> Oh. >> It wasn't I I I know what a sandwich looks like. It was your phone. >> As the officer continued questioning him, Michael became more and more impatient. After all, he was already late and just wanted to get to class. Then something happened that suddenly caught the officer off guard. The officer noticed that Michael's vehicle was equipped with a dash camera and suddenly his confidence seemed to disappear. >> All right, ladies and gentlemen, just a warning. I'm not going to give you a ticket. >> Okay. >> Um like I said, if I'm going to take your word for it, right? I trust you. If it's If it wasn't your phone, it wasn't your phone. It looks like it was, but all good. All right. >> Yeah. >> Uh here's your license back. All right, just drive safe. Look out. >> Yeah, thanks. >> All right, have a good one. >> In the end, the officer decided to give Michael only a verbal warning and left the scene. Michael then continued driving to school, taking another bite of the remaining sandwich, the phone sandwich that started the entire situation. He later uploaded the dash cam footage online and as expected, the video quickly sparked widespread discussion. Some viewers argued that eating while driving could still be considered distracted driving, meaning the officer's decision to stop him was not completely unreasonable. However, most people criticized the officer's assumption and the attitude displayed during the traffic stop. Many argued that the officer jumped to conclusions before confirming what was actually happening. Michael called for the police department to address the incident. The department later released a public statement saying that under the law and standard police procedures, the officer's actions were based on reasonable suspicion and the traffic stop was considered a lawful investigation. Because of that, the department stated that there was no clear misconduct. After the incident, Michael encouraged drivers to install dash cameras in their vehicles. He explained that without clear video evidence showing what really happened, if an officer had issued him a large fine based on that assumption, he would have had almost no way to defend himself in court.