Police have caught a 31-year-old tractor driver using a mobile phone behind the wheel in Clyde on Saturday afternoon, 23 February.
Casey Highway Patrol observed the driver of this tractor travelling on Ballarto Road using a hand-held mobile phone.
The man from Dandenong received a $484 fine with four demerit points.
Tractors being used on roads are still classed as motor vehicles and are registered as such, police say.
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