Kim Kardashian pictured using her phone while driving

Kim Kardashian has been pictured using her phone while driving through the streets of Los Angeles – which is against the law in the state of California.

In photographs obtained by MailOnline, the 36-year-old Keeping Up With The Kardashians star is seen briefly taking her eyes off the road as she peers at her device, which is perched on the steering wheel of her silver Range Rover.

As she sits solo in the imposing luxury SUV, the mother-of-two appears to be reading from the screen of her smartphone – an offence which carries a first-time fine of $20, rising to $50 on second violation.

Despite the action, newly blonde Kim is seen smoothly making her way along the traffic-filled roads as a line of vehicles roll along behind her.

MailOnline has contacted a representative for Kim for comment. 

The photos, which were taken on Friday, have emerged after Kim was seen dealing with the emotional fallout from her October 2016 robbery in Paris, which has left her clearly exhibiting signs of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Checking messages? The reality TV star briefly took her eyes off the road to check her device while driving her silver Range Rover

Reality TV siren Kim has already been seen tearing up on last season of KUTWK  over the shock of the event that left her bound and gagged with thieves taking $10million worth of her gems.

And again on Thursday, the wife of Kanye West was seen in a teaser for the next episode of her reality show. Kim rubbed her face as she broke down in tears over anxiety during her April vacation to Mexico.

The curvaceous star has some serious safety concerns about being at friend Joe Francis’ home in Punta Mita. 

Tears: Kim is seen sobbing as she expresses her fears while on vacation in Mexico in a scene from Sunday’s new episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians

A while ago: The trip to Punta Mita took place in April, which was six months after her Paris robbery where she was bound and gagged

Sad: The mother of two has some serious safety concerns about being at friend Joe Francis’ home

‘I just have anxiety. Are you sure it’s safe here?’ the star asks Joe as she sobs, wiping her tears away with her sleeve. 

The Selfish author has on a plaid shirt with her hair pulled back and she is seemingly in one of the bedrooms of the posh spread. 

‘Yeah, yeah. It’s safe there. I promise you,’ the 44-year-old Francis, who made his money with the Girls Gone Wild sex tapes, said.

Her thoughts: Kim is then seen back in a Los Angeles studio giving an interview to the KUWTK cameras. ‘Ever since Paris, I just go through this worst case scenario mode in my head,’ the KKW Beauty entrepreneur said

On the bed: ‘I just have anxiety. Are you sure it’s safe here?’ the star asks Joe as she sobs, wiping her tears away with her sleeve

Not a beach look: The Selfish author has on a plaid shirt with her hair pulled back and she is seemingly in one of the bedrooms of the posh spread

Talk: ‘Yeah, yeah. It’s safe there. I promise you,’ the 44-year-old Francis, who made his money with the Girls Gone Wild sex tapes, said.

‘Look, I went through the same thing. I promise you it’s safe. I have my kids there. It’s safe,’ said the friend, doing his best to calm down the Vogue cover girl. 

Kim is then seen back in a Los Angeles studio giving an interview to the KUWTK cameras.

‘Ever since Paris, I just go through this worst case scenario mode in my head,’ the KKW Beauty entrepreneur said.

He tries to soothe her: ‘Look, I went through the same thing. I promise you it’s safe. I have my kids there. It’s safe,’ said the friend, doing his best to calm down the Vogue cover girl

Worn out: Kim looks tired as she shows off her black tank top

The strain: The daughter of Kris Jenner has had to cope with a lot since the ordeal in France

‘I was so excited to come on this trip [to Mexico] and I had no idea that I was going to end up feeling this way, but it hit me right as we were getting off the plane.

‘All of these people at the airport are gonna see 17 or 18 girls with all of our Chanel bags and Louis Vuitton this, and it just hit me that we’re the biggest target ever.’   

Her logic: ‘I was so excited to come on this trip [to Mexico] and I had no idea that I was going to end up feeling this way, but it hit me right as we were getting off the plane,’ she said

She has a point: ‘All of these people at the airport are gonna see 17 or 18 girls with all of our Chanel bags and Louis Vuitton this, and it just hit me that we’re the biggest target ever,’ argued Kim

The day before Kim was seen in another clip from Mexico. Here she is seen being in shock over unflattering photos.

The TV star’s bottom looked bigger than usual and it also appeared as if she had cellulite.

 Haters cried this was the real Kim and that previous flawless photos  of the siren were ‘airbrushed.’ As a result, Mrs Kanye West lost 100,000 Instagram followers. 

Taken off guard: Kim is shocked when she learns unflattering photos were taken of her in April in Mexico; she says she did not see anyone on the beach with a camera

Play by play: The star’s reaction is seen in a Wednesday teaser for Sunday’s episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians

The snap: The 36-year-old TV star’s bottom looked bigger than usual and it also appeared as if she had cellulite. Haters cried this was the real Kim and that previous flawless photos were ‘airbrushed’

‘Oh my god. Like, I don’t get it. I literally DON’T look like this!’ the mother-of-two cries after her assistant Stephanie Shepherd hands her a cell phone to look at the images online.

Kim is wearing a pink bikini and reclined on a lounger outside her Mexico rental. A towel is under her bottom. She is also with Larsa Pippen.

The Revenge Body guest star is so upset she decides to do something about it immediately. ‘I need to untag myself in everything. I’m literally going to go inside and just start untagging,’ she said.

Back home: Later Kim is seem in a sexy black outfit next to sister Kourtney as she discusses how she felt

Frustrating: ‘I’m already having this anxiety attack over security and I’m already on high alert,’ the beauty, who was robbed at gunpoint in Paris a year ago, said. Here she is seen with Kourtney

The pinup is angry but also seems like she could be on the verge of crying. 

Later Kim is seem in a sexy black outfit next to sister Kourtney back at a studio in Los Angeles as she discusses how she felt.

‘I’m already having this anxiety attack over security and I’m already on high alert,’ the beauty, who was robbed at gunpoint in Paris a year ago, said.

The Vogue cover girl added: ‘Just the scrutiny that we get all the time – we try to avoid that.

‘So I’m doing all the steps to try to be as private and discreet as possible, and then you take pictures.

‘And if they’re not perfect, people just body shame and criticize you. For people just to think that’s okay is so frustrating.’

In June Kim talked about the photos on The View, saying: ‘I saw these awful photos of myself when I was on a trip in Mexico and people were Photoshopping them and sharpening them.

‘I mean, I definitely was not in my best shape — I hadn’t worked out in 12 weeks. I had two surgeries on my uterus.

‘I was already not feeling like myself. And then when people were sharpening them and making them look way worse, and then those were going around. I was like, “Okay. I’m gonna get it together.”‘

Keeping Up with the Kardashians airs Sundays 9 pm ET on E! KUWTK stream & download Mondays on hayu, in the UK & Ireland, and airs Sundays at 9pm on E!

They all look great! Kim, far left, is known for having an enviable body; here she is seen with Kylie Jenner and Khloe