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Originally Posted by Buff
I haven't looked to hard, maybe somebody here already knows the answer. Does this new law include eating and drinking (not alcohol, obviously)?
It would suck to stop at the 7-11 on my way to work and have to leave the slurpee and corn-dog in the trunk.
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I would think that a cop would use reasonable discretion when enforcing a law like this. Someone sipping a slurpee is not really hazardous. There are some things that I believe people are capable of doing while driving. Something as repetitive as taking a sip from a cup does not require actual attention (unless the slurpee is starting to get low, and it's kind of icing up, so you start driving with your knees so that you can hold the cup and stir it with the straw). Texting requires actual attention, as well as direct vision. You have to be looking at the phone to see what you're writing. If you're looking at the phone, you're not looking at the road.
I don't know what your problem is, Jolinar. This isn't some arbitrary law. It's the same (IMO) as drunk driving, or reckless driving. It's dangerous. Just now on Crowchild some ######ed bitch veered into my lane and then jerked her car back into hers. My curiosity got the best of me (as usual), so I sped up to see if she was fiddling with a phone, and sure as sh1t, there it was. Even in slippery conditions, this ho bag finds posting her stupid facebook status more important than arriving alive. And let's not mistake this post as me giving a crap about her. I care about me. Veering into my lane and taking my little comfort zone that I had between myself and the car in front of me was enough to make me slow down. You've seen those models where one car slows down and it eventually causes a traffic jam. Or worse, she could have been directly beside me and actually brushed my car and caused an accident. Holy f'n moly, I can only imagine my fury at being stranded on the side of the road in minus 15 because some stupid ass bitch crashed into me because she was texting.
