Lindsey Krieger had no idea when she was driving to work on Monday, that she was about to be pulled over for drinking and driving. Of course, Ms. Krieger wasn’t drinking alcohol but coffee, like millions of early morning motorists across the country.
The officer who pulled her over asked if she knew why she was stopped, but Krieger was legitimately dumbfounded. “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,'” she told Fox 9 News. Technically, that’s not exactly true, as Minnesota law does not specifically mention drinking coffee, but it does give officers discretion to pull over and ticket people for “distracted driving.”
The officer let Krieger off with a warning for the coffee, but then cited her for not wearing her seatbelt which she says she removed when she was pulled over. Still, even advocates in support of distracted driving laws feel like this is police overreach.
“Every car you drive in has cup holders in it,” a spokesperson for Minnesotans for Safe Driving said according to the Palm Beach Post,adding, “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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