Doctor nabbed reading while driving

A Timaru doctor has been booked for driving while reading.

The doctor was this week fined $400 in Timaru District Court for careless driving, the Timaru Herald reported today.

Rosalind Antoinette Charmaine Allen-Narker was nabbed by police on August 28 driving from Timaru to Christchurch Airport while reading a book.

She admitted the offence, saying she had bought the book that morning and it was too good to put down.

She was pulled over by police driving her Fiat -- registration DOC1 -- after drivers reported her driving to police.

One said the car was drifting from side to side and its speed was fluctuating and another reported seeing her reading the book.

The title of the page-turner was not known.

- NZPA