Reason for the stop is I saw your cell phone in your hand when you're driving, okay? >> But, that was a sandwich. >> It was I saw your phone. >> My phone? >> Yeah. >> Oh. >> It was I I know what a sandwich looks like. It was your phone. >> The incident happened in Park Ridge, New Jersey on the morning of the 13th of March, 2025. 17-year-old high school student Michael overslept and was running late, almost missing his 9:00 a.m. class. While driving to school, he was eating a sandwich. From the video, it was obvious that Michael was in a pretty good mood at the time. >> [music] [music] >> However, just 1 minute later, a patrol officer made a surprising mistake. He mistook the sandwich in Michael's hand for a smartphone and immediately suspected that Michael was texting or using his phone while driving. The officer turned on his emergency lights and pulled Michael over. >> Reason for the stop is I saw your cell phone in your hand when you're driving, okay? >> But, that was a sandwich. >> It was I saw your phone. >> My phone? >> Yeah. >> Oh. >> It was I I know what a sandwich looks like. It was your phone. >> All right. I Okay. >> All right. So, it was a rectangular thing, whether it was your wallet, your phone, it was it looked like your phone. >> Okay. >> All right. So, that's why I'm pulling you over. >> The officer was convinced that Michael had been using a phone behind the wheel, but Michael remained calm. He didn't start yelling. He didn't argue aggressively, and he didn't immediately demand to be let go. Instead, he calmly answered the officer's questions. >> Where are you headed to? >> Uh school. >> School? >> Yeah. >> Hills? >> Yeah. >> Okay. All right. Let me just run your license. If um if it's all clear, you'll be on your way. Okay, I'm not going to give you a ticket. All right? >> I have a previous um warning. >> That's all right. Okay. All right. I appreciate the honesty.