Updated - Exonerated!! Man Gets Ticket for Driving While Eating a Cheeseburger

[bshole]

Do people really believe they are able to stuff their face with a burger and maintain the proper attention one should have while driving a vehicle?

Seeing as the business model of just about every fast food restraunt in the country depends on it, I am going to say yes.

 

[Brainonska511]

Seeing as the business model of just about every fast food restraunt in the country depends on it, I am going to say yes.

No, the business model of fast-food chains with drive-throughs is not dependent on people eating in their car. The drive-through is a device to improve the convenience of getting your food to go instead of requiring one to get out of the car and enter the restaurant to get the food. Consumption of the food can easily happen elsewhere that isn't a car.

 

[IronWing]

No, the business model of fast-food chains with drive-throughs is not dependent on people eating in their car. The drive-through is a device to improve the convenience of getting your food to go instead of requiring one to get out of the car and enter the restaurant to get the food. Consumption of the food can easily happen elsewhere that isn't a car.

Oh. So all the fast food trash we see along side the highway was left by people who bought fast food, took it home, ate it there, then got back in their cars and drove out to the highway to dump their trash?

 

[Brainonska511]

Oh. So all the fast food trash we see along side the highway was left by people who bought fast food, took it home, ate it there, then got back in their cars and drove out to the highway to dump their trash?

Just because people eat in their cars and are selfish assholes who throw their garbage out the window doesn't mean that fast-food places build their businesses on that premise.

 

[piasabird]

How is it any different than smoking while driving?

So if I see a cop eating a donut can I pull him over and make a citizens arrest?

 

[Brainonska511]

I like how we're all taking the guy who was ticketed at his word. That he was operating his vehicle in a perfectly safe manner, not swerving, not speeding, etc... He just happened to be eating a burger while doing this and the cop is picking on him for something mundane. Is that really the whole story?

 

[bshole]

Just because people eat in their cars and are selfish assholes who throw their garbage out the window doesn't mean that fast-food places build their businesses on that premise.

Yea and the fact that all of their menus just happen to be exclusively finger food that can easily be eaten in a car instead of with a fork and spoon is a weird and unexplainable coincindence. ROFLMFAO!

 

[MrPickins]

Yea and the fact that their all of their menus just happens to be exclusively finger food that can easily be eaten in a car instead of with a fork and spoon is a weird and unexplainable coincindence. ROFLMFAO!

You really think the majority of people can't wait to get back to their home or office and just eat on the road? :hmm:

 

[dmcowen674]

I like how we're all taking the guy who was ticketed at his word. That he was operating his vehicle in a perfectly safe manner, not swerving, not speeding, etc... He just happened to be eating a burger while doing this and the cop is picking on him for something mundane. Is that really the whole story?

Is there a Police Dash Cam video?

The guy did get a lawyer.

 

[piasabird]

Maybe he should show up in court with a Ronald McDonald suit???

Maybe he had too much medical MJ and had the munchies.

 

[Brainonska511]

Yea and the fact that their all of their menus just happens to be exclusively finger food that can easily be eaten in a car instead of with a fork and spoon is a weird and unexplainable coincindence. ROFLMFAO!

Gee, I wonder why fast food doesn't use utensils.

 

[Pulsar]

Yes they are that desperate. It's the county just north of Atlanta.

They spent so much money on frivolous stuff they can't afford to pay their police force anymore so this cop was just trying to keep a paycheck.

Ahhh Dave. The gift that keeps on giving.

From the gas thread:

Are you here?

According to your avatar it says you are in South Carolina

Unless your ass is here shut the fuck up

Hey Dave... where do you live again?

 

[DrPizza]

Have you eaten a hamburger? You actually believe that you can keep most of your attention on the road, with little to no slowing in reaction time, while eating a hamburger? If you really think that, you're an idiot. Distractions cause accidents, be it hamburgers or cell phones. If you are so hungry you can't wait to get home to eat, park the fucking car and stuff your face. If you'd rather run down a kid because you had ketchup drip down and took your eyes off the road, do it somewhere else.

I can't tell if you're serious or not. He's eating a hamburger, not cooking one. My God, I hope you don't eat popcorn at the movie theater! It'll distract you from paying attention to the movie! Personally, I can get to the bottom of the popcorn tub and wonder, "where'd it go?" That's about the only brief moment of distraction from eating popcorn during a movie.

Hint: the process of eating does not interfere with the parts of the brain required for paying attention to the road and driving.

 

[fskimospy]

I can't tell if you're serious or not. He's eating a hamburger, not cooking one. My God, I hope you don't eat popcorn at the movie theater! It'll distract you from paying attention to the movie!

Hint: the process of eating does not interfere with the parts of the brain required for paying attention to the road and driving.

The science does not agree with you on this.

As mentioned earlier in the thread, the effects of eating while driving are worse in some ways than texting or being drunk. (up to a certain level)

 

[DrPizza]

The science does not agree with you on this.

As mentioned earlier in the thread, the effects of eating while driving are worse in some ways than texting or being drunk. (up to a certain level)

Ahh, I did not see that. Thanks, I guess I've been corrected. Though, I'm still skeptical of that research. Just at a quick glance at their research - did they run the simulation with the researchers interupting the driving to tell the driver NOT to eat something? I.e., talking to the driver is known to be distracting as well.

 

[DrPizza]

I'm sorry,
http://www.hybridcars.com/eating-while-driving-riskier-being-legally-impaired-or-texting-45569/

Eating causes a greater delay in reaction time than texting; more than 4 times as much as being impaired by alcohol? Sounds more like you had one set of data from one group of underclassmen at a university that was an outlier, and someone saw an opportunity to create a sensationalized story about it. I hope people are at least a bit skeptical about sensationalized stories like this, rather than accepting them at face value with no other research to confirm their validity.

 

[fskimospy]

I'm sorry,
http://www.hybridcars.com/eating-while-driving-riskier-being-legally-impaired-or-texting-45569/

Eating causes a greater delay in reaction time than texting; more than 4 times as much as being impaired by alcohol? Sounds more like you had one set of data from one group of underclassmen at a university that was an outlier, and someone saw an opportunity to create a sensationalized story about it. I hope people are at least a bit skeptical about sensationalized stories like this, rather than accepting them at face value with no other research to confirm their validity.

Sure it's not the last word on the issue, but I have to say I don't find the result particularly surprising as I know that when I'm eating and driving I'm paying less attention than I would otherwise. (not to mention what happens if you drop something, etc.)

 

[smackababy]

I'm sorry,
http://www.hybridcars.com/eating-while-driving-riskier-being-legally-impaired-or-texting-45569/

Eating causes a greater delay in reaction time than texting; more than 4 times as much as being impaired by alcohol? Sounds more like you had one set of data from one group of underclassmen at a university that was an outlier, and someone saw an opportunity to create a sensationalized story about it. I hope people are at least a bit skeptical about sensationalized stories like this, rather than accepting them at face value with no other research to confirm their validity.

Do you really, deep down (and you don't have to admit it), believe you don't lose some amount of attention from driving when eating behind the wheel? And, if the answer to that is yes, how much exactly do you think it can impair your ability to do something like recognize a child running into the road and bring your car to a stop?

 

[bshole]

You really think the majority of people can't wait to get back to their home or office and just eat on the road? :hmm:

Yes I do believe that.

 

[MrPickins]

Yes I do believe that.

Then you're dumb. :\


(Or maybe it's just that you don't have any self control and project that on others.)

 

[bshole]

Then you're dumb. :\


(Or maybe it's just that you don't have any self control and project that on others.)

Nah, I actually OBSERVE people as they leave fast food restraunt drive-thrus. The majority are jamming the crap down their cake holes before they even leave the lot. You sir would make a piss poor detective. That this would come as news to you is either a testament to my powers of observation or testament to your lack thereof.

 

[TreVader]

Everybody is different in regards to their ability to multitask. There was a study done that showed that 90% of people are pretty terrible and driving in combination with anything else, while 10% could drive and talk and write at the same time.

I am sure he would be driving better if he wasn't eating, but a burger in my mind does not impair driving to the extent that a ticket is necessary in the average person. I eat in n out every sat morning after surfing in the car, on PCH, while driving. I am certainly not as good of a driver, but adequate.

 

[Victorian Gray]

New research shows a pedestrian is 2x as likely to be struck by a car if they walk out in front of one.

Can't refute the studies so make a joke? That certainly helps you make your case.

 

[MrPickins]

I stand by my comment that you're dumb, not just because of this brief conversation, but also based on the entirety of your posts here.

Nah, I actually OBSERVE people as they leave fast food restraunt drive-thrus. The majority are jamming the crap down their cake holes before they even leave the lot. You sir would make a piss poor detective. That this would come as news to you is either a testament to my powers of observation or testament to your lack thereof.

And my anecdotal evidence is that (other than a few fries) very few people I know eat fast food in the car.

So, whose anecdotal evidence trumps the other?


Additionally, have you may want to read up on confirmation bias.

 

[bradly1101]

Have you eaten a hamburger? You actually believe that you can keep most of your attention on the road, with little to no slowing in reaction time, while eating a hamburger? If you really think that, you're an idiot. Distractions cause accidents, be it hamburgers or cell phones. If you are so hungry you can't wait to get home to eat, park the fucking car and stuff your face. If you'd rather run down a kid because you had ketchup drip down and took your eyes off the road, do it somewhere else.

Adjusting the AC, playing with the GPS, talking to a passenger, looking out the window at a pretty girl, etc. are all distractions. There needs to be specific laws on what you can and cannot do. 'Distracted driving' is too broad.