Silly survey on the RFC site: Eating while driving...

I've munched a cheeseburger and fries OR a glazed chocolate donut or two and
coffee behind the wheel.

Andy

Andy said:

I've munched a cheeseburger and fries OR a glazed chocolate donut or two and
coffee behind the wheel.

Well I hope the coffee wasn't from MacD's 😉

Best I ever saw was on a bus-ride. There was a woman in her car next to
the bus - I looked down through the window and saw her eating her
morning cereal - out of a blue bowl on her lap with the spoon in one
hand - couldn't see the other hand, she had the morning paper spread out
over the wheel too... talk about breakfast on the run! The traffic was
"crawling" - but still...
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Andy wrote on Sun, 13 May 2007 07:00:16 -0500:

A> I've munched a cheeseburger and fries OR a glazed chocolate
A> donut or two and coffee behind the wheel.

A> Andy

I've done a bit of eating and drinking while driving but I'll
admit that both can be distracting. I try to avoid eating
especially and mostly, I stick to things like bagels, soft
pretzels, donuts and candy since anything that can fall apart
is a major distraction for a short while,

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not

James Silverton said:

I've done a bit of eating and drinking while driving but I'll admit that
both can be distracting. I try to avoid eating especially and mostly, I
stick to things like bagels, soft pretzels, donuts and candy since
anything that can fall apart is a major distraction for a short while,

I also find it distracting - especially trying to drink something. I eat
the odd piece of candy, and whatever - but I have never had the
"coordination" to eat stuff like burgers and drive at the same time - I
have a "manual" car BTW... I suppose it's a bit easier with an
automatic transmission, tho'.
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James Silverton said:

I've done a bit of eating and drinking while driving but I'll admit that
both can be distracting. I try to avoid eating especially and mostly, I
stick to things like bagels, soft pretzels, donuts and candy since
anything that can fall apart is a major distraction for a short while,

I also find it distracting - especially trying to drink something. I eat
the odd piece of candy, and whatever - but I have never had the
"coordination" to eat stuff like burgers and drive at the same time - I
have a "manual" car BTW... I suppose it's a bit easier with an
automatic transmission, tho'.

I have a manual tranny as well. Thank God for red lights! 😄

Andy

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Chatty Cathy said:

James Silverton said:

I've done a bit of eating and drinking while driving but I'll admit that
both can be distracting. I try to avoid eating especially and mostly, I
stick to things like bagels, soft pretzels, donuts and candy since
anything that can fall apart is a major distraction for a short while,

I also find it distracting - especially trying to drink something. I eat
the odd piece of candy, and whatever - but I have never had the
"coordination" to eat stuff like burgers and drive at the same time - I
have a "manual" car BTW... I suppose it's a bit easier with an
automatic transmission, tho'.

To each his own. My typical morning drive to work involves munching on a
bagel and drinking a diet Pepsi. I have never found it to be a
distraction.

"Chatty Cathy" <[email hidden]> wrote

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James Silverton wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I've done a bit of eating and drinking while driving but I'll admit that
both can be distracting. I try to avoid eating especially and mostly, I
stick to things like bagels, soft pretzels, donuts and candy since
anything that can fall apart is a major distraction for a short while,

I also find it distracting - especially trying to drink something. I eat
the odd piece of candy, and whatever - but I have never had the
"coordination" to eat stuff like burgers and drive at the same time - I
have a "manual" car BTW... I suppose it's a bit easier with an automatic
transmission, tho'.

I could eat more easily with a stick shift because it's like second
nature to me. However, none of my cars ever had cup holders,
so while I sure managed to drive with a cup of coffee or a soda,
I've spilled my fair share of it while driving. Also, I told myself,
if you ever get into a situation, just toss the coffee onto the
passenger side floor, don't save the soda at the expense of getting
into an accident.

I think it's reasonably safe to drive with a beverage, but I'll take
a pass on eating while driving.

nancy

"Nancy Young" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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I think it's reasonably safe to drive with a beverage, but I'll take
a pass on eating while driving.

Only thing I'll eat is a simple snack type food or a piece of fruit. No
burgers dripping grease or slices of pizza.

Andy <q> news:[email hidden]:

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I've munched a cheeseburger and fries OR a glazed chocolate donut or
two and coffee behind the wheel.

Andy

Hmmmm... While talking on a cell phone and smoking a cigarette I imagine 😉
Whatever did you do when it was time to shift the gear on the manual
transmission?

Michael

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"Edwin Pawlowski" <[email hidden]> wrote

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"Nancy Young" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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I think it's reasonably safe to drive with a beverage, but I'll take
a pass on eating while driving.

Only thing I'll eat is a simple snack type food or a piece of fruit. No
burgers dripping grease or slices of pizza.

I can see that. It boils down to Are you paying attention to the
road and can you stop or change lanes/whatever if traffic
stops suddenly. Some people need to pick one thing and do
that, not both, you know what I mean. Heh. A lot of people
think they are multitasking just fine when they are not.

nancy

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"Nancy Young" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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I think it's reasonably safe to drive with a beverage, but
I'll take
a pass on eating while driving.

Only thing I'll eat is a simple snack type food or a piece of
fruit. No burgers dripping grease or slices of pizza.

I can see that. It boils down to Are you paying attention to
the
road and can you stop or change lanes/whatever if traffic
stops suddenly. Some people need to pick one thing and do
that, not both, you know what I mean. Heh. A lot of people
think they are multitasking just fine when they are not.

Sounds a bit like what Lyndon Johnson said about Gerald Ford. By
the way, the original second activity besides walking was *not*
chewing gum!

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Potomac, Maryland

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I had a job where I had no choice but to eat while driving. I did juvenile
transport and there were days I'd be on the road 20 hours and never even
leave the state.

Ms P

Edwin Pawlowski said:

"Nancy Young" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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I think it's reasonably safe to drive with a beverage, but I'll take
a pass on eating while driving.

Only thing I'll eat is a simple snack type food or a piece of fruit. No
burgers dripping grease or slices of pizza.

Same here. A little bag of pretzels and a Diet Pepsi is do-able, but
it's better not to get anything complicated going while trying to
drive.

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Eh, not so silly. When I see people chasing after bits of food
they've dropped, tipping their heads back to get the last bit of
whatever from the can, and weaving from side to side on the road, it's
no longer so silly.

Guilty as charged.

maxine in ri

Andy said:

I've munched a cheeseburger and fries OR a glazed chocolate donut or
two and coffee behind the wheel.

Andy

I get nervous just taking a sip of water when I'm driving. Only takes a
split second of your eyes off the road (in this case, to look down to
retrieve the bottle) for someone to slam on their brakes ahead of you.

Jill

jmcquown said:

Andy said:

I've munched a cheeseburger and fries OR a glazed chocolate donut or
two and coffee behind the wheel.

I get nervous just taking a sip of water when I'm driving. Only takes a
split second of your eyes off the road (in this case, to look down to
retrieve the bottle) for someone to slam on their brakes ahead of you.

Some of us can multi task to some degree. You should be able to eat a
sandwich and drive at the same time without too much trouble, but if it is
a sloppy burger and you are one to get upset about the innards slopping out
onto your clothes you really should pull over. I spent a few years driving
trucks and then a lot of years behind the wheel of a cruiser. Eating was a
good reason to stop.

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Wanna hear about the time I was eating an ice cream cone while driving in a
slow-moving line of traffic and it fell to the floor and I instinctively
reached to pick it up and the car in front of me stopped suddenly and I
slammed into its rear?

You just did.

Felice

Dave Smith said:

jmcquown said:

Andy said:

I've munched a cheeseburger and fries OR a glazed chocolate donut or
two and coffee behind the wheel.

I get nervous just taking a sip of water when I'm driving. Only
takes a split second of your eyes off the road (in this case, to
look down to retrieve the bottle) for someone to slam on their
brakes ahead of you.

Some of us can multi task to some degree. You should be able to eat a
sandwich and drive at the same time without too much trouble, but if
it is a sloppy burger and you are one to get upset about the innards
slopping out onto your clothes you really should pull over. I spent
a few years driving trucks and then a lot of years behind the wheel
of a cruiser. Eating was a good reason to stop.

I can multi-task just fine 🙂 But the way people drive around here, cutting
very close into the lane right in front of you then hitting their brakes,
I'd rather not attempt it. I don't normally carry a beverage in my car
anyway unless I'm driving any great distance (such as my home to Jonesboro,
AR, a close to 90 mile drive.

"Felice Friese" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Wanna hear about the time I was eating an ice cream cone while driving in
a slow-moving line of traffic and it fell to the floor and I instinctively
reached to pick it up and the car in front of me stopped suddenly and I
slammed into its rear?

You just did.

Oh, man. That's what I was saying, I told myself if something
comes up, or the thing falls, just forget about it because if you leave
it up to your instincts, that's what you will do. Was the person very
angry with you?

nancy