A Halton Regional Police officer was perplexed Tuesday (June 25) when he said he watched a white SUV sit at a Burlington intersection for 11 seconds with a green light because the driver was checking out a website on his phone.

Const. Marc Taraso charged the 57-year-old Burlington man with distracted driving and failing to proceed on a green light after the incident occurred at Walkers Line and Thomas Alton Boulevard.

"The driver was too busy reading the phone to notice they were sitting at a green light, for 11 seconds, with me directly beside them," Taraso tweeted.

The distracted driving charge carries a $615 fine, three demerit points and a three-day driver's licence suspension.