While states are introducing laws that would ban drivers from texting while driving, some people wonder if the laws are going too far. This story about a man who was arrested for eating while driving is just one example.
The incident happened in Needham, Massachusetts, just a few miles away from the area where a trolley driver was arrested last week for texting while operating the trolley. Police received a large number of phone calls about a man driving in an erratic manner. He was crossing the yellow line, tailgating other drivers and was generally “all over the road.”
According to the police reports, the 48-year-old Needham man was eating a bowl of cereal while trying to drive. Police did not actually see him eating the cereal, but the noticed an empty bowl that was still cold in the car, indicating that it was used just moments before the man was pulled over. He could face a suspended license due to reckless driving and operating to endanger.
This incident is a unique one because most people do not try to eat cereal while behind the wheel of a car. But stories like this could lead to more laws about what you can do while driving. Your Springfield area Pontiac dealer wonders how you feel about laws banning eating while driving? If this type of law passes, what’s next?