Florida driver speaks out after ticket

We're doing an operation for distracted driving, and you drove past me holding the phone with your right hand, manipulating the phone. I mean, I saw you-- So obviously not. [LAUGHS]

Now, court records show the citation has since been dismissed at the request of the deputy who issued it. Let's go live now to CBS News correspondent Cristian Benavides, who spoke exclusively with the driver. Cristian, what did she tell you? Well, look, she said that, at first, she took it in stride. She thought that after the deputy pulled her over, upon seeing that she did not, in fact, have a right hand, he said to her that he had seen her using a device with her right hand. She does not have one. So she thought after he would see that that perhaps the whole conversation would end there, but the deputy still wrote the ticket. Now, the incident happened back in February, but the body-camera footage was just released this week, and it's gone viral. She posted it on her Instagram account, and she hopes that this can turn into a lesson about how to deal with people with a limb difference. Take a listen to a little bit of what she told me. I would love people to take away is that limb difference is normal. Somebody who looks different than you is normal. All of that is normal. Normal is whoever you're most comfortable being. So the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office told me in a statement that the deputy initiated the traffic stop based on visual observation at the time of the incident and based on the totality of circumstances but that they remain committed to professionalism, fairness, and the lawful enforcement of Florida statutes. Now, eventually, this officer asked for the ticket to be dismissed. There was a court hearing that was supposed to take place this week, but prior to that court hearing, the police officer said that he wanted that ticket dismissed. Now, we're going to hear a lot more from Katie Thomas from that interview that we had. She had some really interesting takes about this entire ordeal, and we'll hear that tomorrow on CBS Mornings. I'll look forward to hearing that. Cristian Benavides, thank you so much.