Source: BroBible
Summary
A woman in Tennessee was pulled over by police for eating a beef jerky stick while driving. She explained that she was holding the stick up to her face to eat it, but the police initially thought she was holding a phone. The woman, Hannah Strauss, shared her experience on TikTok, where it gained 4.7 million views. According to a 2021 study, over 50% of drivers have eaten behind the wheel before, but there is no explicit statute preventing it in Tennessee.
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The habit gets a new name.
Eating a beef stick while driving is now a thing. Holding it up to your face is key. Police might mistake it for a phone, though. The Tennessee Highway Safety Office says there are three types of distracted driving: cognitive, visual, and manual. Eating a beef stick might not be distracting, but it’s still a grey area. The woman who got pulled over kept both hands on the steering wheel, so she didn’t meet the criteria for distracted driving.
Eating behind the wheel is just another multitasking skill we need to master.
Author: Evan Null
