Posted on 01/19/2015 7:19:26 AM PST by BobNative
COBB COUNTY, Ga. An Alabama man says he was cited by Cobb County police for eating while driving under the distracted driving law.
Madison Turner said he ordered a double quarter pounder with cheese from McDonalds last week, and a police officer pulled him over, along Canton Road in Marietta.
The officer explained to me that he observed me eating a burger for 2 miles, Madison said. He said specifically three times, you cant just go down the road eating a hamburger.
According to the ticket, the officer wrote him up under Georgias distracted driving law, and under the comments sections wrote eating while driving.
That law reads, in part: A driver shall exercise due care in operating a motor vehicle on the highways of this state and shall not engage in any actions which shall distract such driver from the safe operation of such vehicle.
Maybe I was enjoying the burger too much I needed to tone it down. I was certainly willing to do so but I didnt expect to be fined or punished, Madison said.
If this was the law, Id have to hire more attorneys because everybody does it including me, said William Head, a longtime traffic and DUI attorney, who is not representing Turner.
Ive only seen something like this charge when theres an accident. There was no accident here so the fact that this man was charged with eating and driving is a first for me, Head said. Head added that law was very vague.
Maybe if you had a giant pizza in both hands and you werent holding the wheel or maybe if you had a watermelon, half watermelon and you were just diving into it holding it with both hands, maybe that would be something, Head said.
A spokesperson for Cobb County police said they could not comment, since the case is ongoing. Madison has a court date on Feb. 3.
I asked because in my experience I've never seen.
Now you have. A simple Google search shows hundreds of pertinent links. I posted a few.
Let's move the conversation along then.
I once saw someone using both hands looking like he was conducting an orchestra while driving on the highway. He was going back and forth between lanes and not even touching the wheel with his hands.
Good!!!
Also cite women for combing hair, putting on makeup and talking on the phone.
Says that guys who was grossly wrong.
And complains about snark....
He should be able to beat the ticket because anything they sell at McConalds can’t be considered food!
“But, in those Good Olde Days we were allowed to have Hairy Knobs on the steering wheel. Left hand driving, right on date! Pis_ed at the guy who invented center-consoles.”
Used to have a 4-door 1956 Chevy in high school. Had bench seats front and rear, no console, no seat belts, etc. Was great for dates... When I was a senior, we once got 11 people in the car, with only a few of the girls sitting on laps. Was a great car!
Alright, you nailed me. There have been times I've missed my turn because I was busy talking on the phone.
As for those drivers in the left lane going slow, holding up traffic and making everyone else pass on them on the right, they should be given a traffic citation...and five years in jail!
In your study of local budgets you must have missed the obvious police state that is around us now. 200-500 fines with jail if unpaid is the new debt prisons. Cameras that send tickets, fandom stop and searches directly against our founding principles. We are trading security for freedom. Pew will get neither. If you are being genuine then forgive me. The big government, crony capitalist, super government is at the door. The police are but pawns but they are on the board moving against freedom and liberty. Please dear god open the peoples eyes before this country fades and with it the age of science, freedom and enlightenment.
Some people think they will prosper, some like the order, some just don’t want to make decisions. None will get what they expect. The police power abuse is just the tip of the spear. Conditioning.
In Alberta, you get a ticket if you were drinking a coffee or coke or water.
Listening to the radio is not far behind.
We’re living in the Obama world.
So if the tickets are not accounted for are the cops just putting the cash in their pockets? hahahah I can say with surety that either the ticket revenue is accounted for in the budget or someone is breaking the law.
Absolutely.....center consols and death of the bench seat has directly led to the rise of queer nation! Remember suicide knobs?
Many years ago my father told me of a driver who was making all kinds of crazy hand signals. This was back when sticking your arm out of the window to make a signal was the norm instead of using blinkers. The person behind couldn’t figure out what was going on. Finally he had a chance to pull alongside and look—the driver was eating glazed donuts and trying to get the glaze off her fingers.
I did it just today, but not a McDonald’s burger! I have some taste, it was a Five Guys burger.
You didn’t ping me!
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