Twister wrote:
NEIL JEFFREYS wrote:
I've no problem with this sort of thing twister, as it is not an offence. However eating at the wheel is.
I don't quite understand your stance here. Taking a quick sip of a drink, or a quick bite of food, is no more distracting than adjusting non-critical controls - indeed, in some cases it may even be less distracting - and provided you're not driving around with one hand permanently filled with food/drink, there should be no reduction in your ability to control the vehicle. So if you really believe in the "when you are driving, drive" message, how can you have no problem in performing an action which has at least as much potential to take your attention away from driving, simply because the action is legal?
Apologies if it sounds like I'm on the offensive here, I'm really just trying to understand.
No problem, I deal with far more offensive stuff than this in work
What I'm saying is my hand has to move to change gears etc. The radio controls are part of the wheel assembly. Eating and drinking are a bigger distraction, especially if you drop some on your lap ie looks down tsk tsk must brush that off before it stains.....BANG, or as has allready been said, you drop your food, and it rolls around your car, and as an example, goes under the brake pedal, or you step on it (lets say a bannana, or greasy food), and then step on the brake hard, only to find your foot slipping off. Now I know there are a lot of ifs here (if my aunty had balls she'd be my uncle), but upping the volume on my wheel, won't do any of the above.
Also the changes I talk about move your hand for a couple of seconds, eating can occupy your hand for a lot longer. Eating as I have said is not a driving 'norm', it is a seperate action in itself.
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