VIDEO: Distracted Driving Leads to Citations

A driver finds out what happens when he talks on the phone while behind the wheel in Belmont.

Posted Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 11:06 pm PT|Updated Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 11:42 pm PT

Michael Paulin had just exited U.S. Highway 101 and turned right on Ralston Avenue when police lights suddenly flashed behind him.

He quickly dropped the phone he'd been holding to his ear, but it was too late -- a traffic officer was already pulling him over.

Paulin received a citation, one of dozens the Belmont Police Department issued on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week as part of April's .

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