As Ash Canda drove in from New Jersey to Manhattan through the Lincoln Tunnel, he was stopped by a police officer for holding a mobile device in his hand.

“I was using my cell phone to find my way to my hotel room in the Times Square area,” said Cannda who was visiting the Big Apple with friends from San Francisco.

Although Canda wasn’t cited, he sat in the car for half an hour while the officer processed his out of state driver’s license.