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Man ticketed for eating cheeseburger while driving

WXIA-TV
Atlanta

COBB COUNTY, Ga. — A Cobb County police officer ticketed a man for eating a cheeseburger while driving.

Madison Turner was chomping down on his quarter-pounder with cheese when an officer ticketed him for eating while driving.

"The officer said to me that I wasn't speeding or driving erratically," Turner said.

Turner received the ticket for an alleged violation of the state's distracted driving law.

Attorney Tom Salata said he's never seen anything like it. He says there's usually a driving offense involved.

The law is fairly broad. It's illegal to do anything that would distract "from the safe operation of such vehicle."

"I have pulled someone over before for failing to maintain their lane. It was a female who was eating a bowl of cereal heading to work," said Sgt. Stephanie Stallings of the Georgia State Patrol.

Mike Bowman, spokesman for Cobb County police, said in an email to the Associated Press Tuesday that the department had no comment about this case.

Turner, who is from Alabama, wants to hear what a judge has to say.

"I was extremely careful and didn't get a bit of mustard on my shirt," Turner said.

Contributing: Associated Press

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