Sydneysiders who waited up to six hours in a drive-through Covid testing queue have blasted 'cruel' police officers for fining drivers for using their phones - even though they were at a complete standstill.
Close to 30,000 residents across NSW raced to testing clinics across the state on Saturday as Sydney's northern beaches cluster surged with 28 new Covid cases.
But some cautious residents in the city's eastern suburbs who rushed to their local testing clinic by Bondi Beach were met with $349 fines and the loss of five demerit points for using their phones as they waited for a swab inside their cars.
One man, who asked to remain anonymous, told Daily Mail Australia he had been hit with the hefty fine for using his phone while waiting in the hours-long queue.
Another woman took to Facebook after she saw officers taking photos of motorists' licence plates and writing up penalties for drivers around her.
She claimed an officer approached her car as she waited in the queue on Saturday and told her she was 'lucky' the Kindle device she was reading wasn't a phone.
So you can drive and kindle, that's fine. Either way....monstrous. but par for course these it seems.