Top 10 foods to avoid while driving
There’s a lot of news coverage and talk about this new study that says the risk of crashing a car is 23 times greater when the driver is text messaging.
Really, that doesn’t surprise me. It’s easy enough to tell when you’re behind a driver tapping away at the keys: swerves, erratic changes in speed. I actually find this list from insurance.com far more interesting and conversation worthy:
Top 10 foods to avoid while driving (Hey Mike Oz, check out No. 3)
- Coffee. Even with a travel lid, hot coffee can find its way out of the opening when you hit a bump.
- Hot soup. Many people drink it like coffee and run the same risks.
- Tacos. Any food that can disassemble itself will leave your car looking like a salad bar.
- Chili dogs. Huge potential for drips and slops down the front of clothing.
- Hamburgers. From the grease to the toppings, it could end up on your hands and the steering wheel.
- Ribs and wings. What’s more distracting than licking your fingers?
- Fried chicken. More greasy hands. You’ve got to wipe them off while you’re driving.
- Jelly donuts. It’s not possible to eat one without watching the center ooze out.
- Soda. Carbonation. Fizz in the nose. Lids that leak. Disaster.
- Chocolate. Try to clean melted chocolate off the steering wheel without swerving.
I don’t text ‘n’ drive, but I certainly have stuffed a few meals down behind the wheel. I for one can’t imagine not drinking my coffee on the way to work. Though, I have to say, I’d never think it was a good idea to eat a chili dog while I drive. If you take out the drinks, this list is a real crack up. Who eats soup while they drive? I’m also surprised ice cream cones didn’t make the list. Now that’s messy.
And, besides food, I see lots of other crazy stuff on my drive to work on the freeway: people reading books, putting on makeup, teasing their hair, shaving.
What about you, what kinds of crazy things have you seen (or, confess) done behind the wheel? Do these stats on crashes make you any more careful?
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For the record: I don’t eat tacos in the car. My taco-eating experience requires too much salsa. It’s salsa and driving that don’t mix.
For the second record: Best food to eat in the car? I’m saying gummy worms.
The soup they are referring to is the “Campbells Soup At Hand” that you pop in the microwave and drink out of. It has a lid similar to one found on a thermos.
For an image of it, go here:
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I’ve always avoided fondue
Who eats ribs while driving?
Though I’ve eaten nachos before while driving, so I guess I shouldn’t talk.
Pancakes (butter and syrup on top) on a plate, with fork and knife… never again. Though I’m kinda of proud I accomplished it the one time.
I always thought that about fried chicken… then one day I saw it happening.
Fried chicken lady, if you’re reading, I’m sorry I stared…. you and your drumstick took me by surprise.
It’s okay. Happens all the time!
One time I saw a guy cruising on I-80 with the sports section spread across the wheel, a coffee in one hand, driving with his knees. Scary!
I also caught someone reading some sort of e-mail report, with no regard to what’s around…while doing 70 on 168!
No hash brownies.
I can comprehend fried chicken, you only need one hand to eat it. But I’ve never been able to eat ribs with just one hand without making a mess, always required two.
And speaking of weird things seen while driving, I was telling my mother this on Sunday when we were driving back from Santa Cruz. I once saw a woman shaving her legs while driving, one was propped up on the dash and she shaved it. Scariest thing I ever saw on the road.
I discovered on Friday that Klondike bars are also a no-no, especially if they’ve melted a bit. I ended up wearing it for the majority of my drive up 99 to Sac.
Hmm… would the ‘hive post a comment referring to a hot Latina poster and the tag line from KFC’s 80′s commercials…..
I’ll play it safe and leave it up to the readers.
I bow to the come backs of MsJoey
It’s the grease factor. I just can’t get round the chicken grease on the steering wheel.
The shaving legs thing..YIKES!
We tried eating a hot and melty pizza on the way home from SLO. I was in the BACKSEAT and that was a colossal failure.