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The direct answer to your direct question was already posted. Please review post 58 of this thread.

Stop at a rest stop. Give her some applesauce. Change her pants. Get back in the car. Put the nursing pillow in your lap, latch the child on, and get going.

To burp: Pull over, pat her back until she burps, put her on the other breast, and get going.

When done: Pull over, burp her (see above), change her pants, give her a kiss and a hug, put her in the seat, and get going.

There has been much said here by all. Please be so kind as to review it before asking further questions.

Well, I saw that in #58 but you preferenced it with "If she stops..." so I just assumed you were using a hypothetical.

So, you are saying she pulled into a rest area, gave her some food, changed her diaper, got in the car, started feeding the baby, started driving, pulled over alongside an interstate to burp, get her feeding again, start driving again, and then pulled over, burp again, change her again, and then drive again?

Doesn't that strike you as a lot of stop and go driving to just feed a baby? Why didn't she just SIT there and finish feeding the baby????

I have two stepdaughters that nurse and in the time your wife did all that stoppping and starting and pulling over, they could have been done.

Where was your wife going in such a hurry that she had to pull on and off the road -- and obviously drive at the speed of light -- to get?

I think there is something mighty fishy about your story.

OK, I've just got to say something here. Let me say that I'm a mom who breastfed, so I'm very familiar with the process. I also drive about 1,000 miles a week, both on the wonderful (ack) freeway system here in Northern California and all manners of surface streets.

Here's my question: what was the gosh-darn hurry where she could not pull the car over and nurse, and THEN resume the trip?

And here's my concern: for the baby. If a car (even several vehicles ahead) that had stopped suddenly at freeway speeds, it would have been extremely difficult to stop without rear-ending the car in front of her, or being rear-ended by the trailing car (or both). Your baby's head would take the majority of the unfortunately deadly impact.

And here's my question: Is it worth the risk?

Never mind parsing the laws. Laws are cold comfort to someone who has lost a child, or any other loved one.

Is it worth the risk?