The “inattentive driving” scam

Cop pulls over driver for drinking coffee, 'I was completely dumbfounded. I thought it was a joke' by Douglas Ernst, 10/21/15 WND
A Minnesota woman was pulled over and ticketed Monday morning after drinking coffee on her commute along I-94.

“I was completely dumbfounded. I thought it was a joke!” Lindsey Krieger of St. Paul told KMSP Fox-9 on Tuesday. “I didn’t even have enough time to merge up to the right speed limit yet, so I wasn’t speeding or anything like that.”

“She was like, ‘Do you know what you were doing wrong? Do you know why you were pulled over?’ I said, ‘No I have no idea what you’re talking about.’ And finally after asking me a few more times she says, ‘Drinking coffee. It’s against the law to drink coffee while you’re driving.’”
Sgt. Mike Ernster with St. Paul Police Department told the station the ticketing officer was correct.
“Inattentive driving relates to anything that takes your attention away from those obligations of every driver, which is to pay attention,” Sgt. Ernster said.
Krieger was given a warning for drinking the beverage and a citation for not wearing her seat belt. She plans to fight the ticket in court.
"Every car you drive in has cup holders in it," Jon Cummings of Minnesotans for Safe Driving told Fox-9. "You don’t have to go three blocks before you see somebody doing something really dangerous. Those are the people we should be focusing on."

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Comments

The same thing has happened with drivers eating or talking on their cell phones while driving. Liberals are “nudging” again.  We need to get this stuff removed from the ordinances.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader