Two women in as many days contacted The Area News last week claiming they had been wrongly accused of talking on their mobiles while driving.

One of the women, who did not wish to be named, was issued with an infringement notice despite maintaining her phone was not even in the car at the time.

The woman has since reported the matter to the Police Integrity Commission and said the experience left her feeling humiliated and angry.

"I was driving along Banna Avenue and I noticed blue and red flashing lights in my rear vision mirror," she said.

"I moved over to the left and parked my car so they could get around and go ahead but they drove in behind me.

"The constable came to my window and asked me if I knew it was an offence to be talking on the mobile phone while you're driving.

"I said that I didn't even have my mobile phone on me and that if he wanted to search my car to go ahead.

"But he said that if I wanted to dispute it I'd have to do it in court."

Another woman who claims she was wrongly accused said she was upset when an officer seized her phone to check if any calls were in progress when she was stopped.

However, Griffith Police commander Michael Rowan defended his officers, saying they would not pull over somebody "unless they were sure an offence had been committed".

He said police were permitted to examine the phones of people they suspected of using them while driving in order to prove or disprove an offence.

"If police believe an offence has been committed they're quite within their powers to stop the relevant person and investigate that offence and the same principal applies for any person for any offence," Commander Rowan said.

"The avenue for somebody who has been issued with an infringement notice and they believe it has been error or otherwise can elect to have the matter dealt with before a court."

The woman pulled over in Banna Avenue said she still did not know whether the officer went through with the infringement notice or not.

"So far it looks as though I'm not getting a fine, but I would have liked an apology," she said.