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A few years ago, I browsed one of those catalogues that sells
senior citizen stuff and saw the most atrocious car accessory:
a table on which to put fast food. Harmless? No--as to use
the table, the driver would have to attach it to the steering
wheel. I guess it'd be good for driving the
interstate through
Nevada or South Dakota, but no turns please or that Big Mac
will fly out the window.
I propose a simple modification: don't hook the thing up to
the steering wheel, but provide a neck strap or seatbelt clips
for attaching the table to a more stable object.
Rock on,
Kester
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Mind you in the UK you could still be arrested for driving "without due care or attention". Any table would be a potential distraction and/or block vision. Could it be that the table was intended to be used on a stationary car when the steering wheel wouldn't move? |
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Sulu: Captain, it appears the Klingons have deployed a squadron of assault carts! |
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Kirk: Activate the cartray at once! |
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Please note: this tray is for a driver. Also, _reading_ the
search results from search engines often shows the faults
of boolean search operators.
I disagree, not so baked in this inception, or at least in
the states. |
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I agree with Aristotle, original or not its still arrestable, I mean you can legally get pulled over for being on the mobile/cell phone in the UK unless its a hands free kit. Unless its for stationary use (in which case, it wouldnt be needed) then the tray is a bad bad thing. Apart from that, you want to strap a table to your neck while driving at high speeds on the interstate?? are you insane? |
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One way to do this safely would be to have long things to eat suspended close to the drivers mouth along with nozzles or straws that supply drink. UK consumers will recognise the Pepperami spiced sausage band as example of this kind of food. In-car technology is starting to use systems that can turn off phones and other distractions when it judges the current driving situation warrants more attention so prehaps some kind of nourishment supplying apparatus could use this. |
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There are driving bibs that you can buy which are somewhat splayed out at the bottom to protect your pants too. They're dangerous, but if people are going to eat while they drive (which they will regardless), then they might as well be clean. |
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As for the tray, if it hooked onto the steering wheel, it was probably meant for use while not driving. Otherwise you'd have a device on it for coping with turns, like you mentioned. |
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By the way, who among us have mastered the fine art of driving a manual tranny with a hot beverage in one hand in the city? |
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