>>In the UK eating or drinking while driving is an offense.
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>Yeah, I'm very much against driver distractions. IMO drivers are so coddled these days that the outside world starts to seem like a video game, with little or no consequences for lack of skill or attention.

The drivers of SUVs and other domestic tanks are also living in an illusion that driving a tougher vehicle somehow makes them safer, so they drive less carefully (or any other euphemism of your choice). The vehicle may be tougher - their bones aren't.