MARIETTA, Ga. – A man says he was cited by police outside Atlanta for eating a cheeseburger while driving.
Madison Turner, who's from Alabama, tells Atlanta station WSB-TV he ordered a double quarter-pounder with cheese from a McDonald's in the Marietta area shortly before he was pulled over last week.
Turner says the officer told him he saw him eating the cheeseburger for two miles, telling the man "You can't just go down the road eating a hamburger."
The ticket, issued under Georgia's distracted driving law, states in the comments section that the offense is "eating while driving."
Turner is to appear in court Feb. 3.
"For most of us, I think we can safely eat a burger and drive our car at the same time," Turner told MyFoxAtlanta.com.
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18 comments:
I can't swallow.
I want a cheeseburger that takes me 2 miles to eat!!!
Cops on cell phones.
Emergency services personnel are exempt. Don't like it? Change the law.
McDonalds are developing a "hands Free" Bluetooth cheesburger.
Had an employee last year that was stopped in DE for eating @ A STOPLIGHT after the officer kept eyeballing him while driving earlier. He wasn't eating until he got to the stoplight, BTW. He also wanted to search the car! For what, another cheeseburger?! We both think it was a case of driving while black, as no one else that either of us knows has ever been stopped for any such nonsense. Are they going to start staking out drive-throughs instead of bars now?
wonder how long it will be before we get pulled over for driving.
I have seen police riding around when it is raining with wipers on and no headlights on. Isn't there a law about rain, wipers, headlights.
I was ticketed for talking on my cell phone while stopped for a train, in Delaware.
I figured I had a moment because I was not moving. Guess not.
For real.
I bet certain people won't get pulled over for eating chicken and driving. I see it happening all the time.
Take it to court. If you're stopped, you're not driving.
it is amazing with all the articles concerning the economy, this one has the most comments.....little wonder the eastern shore is in such a sorry state.
Sir, drop the cheeseburger and step away from the car.
Yep.
You idiots in Delaware continue to vote the demercrats in and now you want to cry about it. Slower lower Delaware.
Stop voting Democrat.
I believe in-attentive driving might be the charge.
I think the cheese part is what motivated the cop, way too many calories.
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