# Sneezing while driving

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneezing-while-driving/130064>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 29, 2002, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneezing-while-driving/130064 "2002-09-29T03:23:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Tannim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Tannim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tannim)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2002, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneezing-while-driving/130064/21 "2002-10-02T19:29:33Z")

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Quite a few years ago I was in the car with someone that actually got pulled over by a police officer under suspicion of drunk driving. When the officer got up to the car my dad (yes he was the one driving) had gone into another sneezing fit. All the officer said was not to leave until he was done sneezing.

Now this was back a LONG time ago and was when you only got a slap on the wrist for DUI. I wonder now if he would have gotten off so easy. He was obviously having problems with control of the car for the officer to pull him over.

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**Author:** ![bobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f9ae1b/32.png) [@bobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobo)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2002, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneezing-while-driving/130064/22 "2002-10-02T23:12:58Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Cheesesteak \*  
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> You can always clean up later. \*\*

And it’s always better to clean your sneeze/cough off the car later, than have someone else clean you off the car later…

I shouldn’t try to be witty, I always fail.

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**Author:** ![bristlesage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@bristlesage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bristlesage)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneezing-while-driving/130064/23 "2002-10-03T00:06:24Z")

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I actually have crashed a car while sneezing. But sadly, my experience is of little use in this matter as I crashed into the wall of a parking garage.

Uh, yeah. Lots of tight right turns coupled with sneezes do not make a pretty combination with the front driver’s side corner of a Chevy truck. Poor truck.

Caused about $750 in damage.

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