# Weiners driving with cell phones (Minor RO) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 5, 2008, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiners-driving-with-cell-phones-minor-ro/440187 "2008-03-05T15:34:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiners-driving-with-cell-phones-minor-ro/440187/1 "2008-03-05T15:34:40Z")
Who in this day and age hasn’t heard the dangers of driving while talking on a cell phone? C’mon, even if you blow it off, you’ve heard of it. Sure, it’s not as bad as texting or putting on make up, but it takes a hand away while distracting you. Now, I know some folks get the rare call while they are driving. So I can understand while they haven’t gotten or aren’t wearing their ear piece. But a professional driver is going to be driving around a lot, they should definately have invested in such a device to do the best to minimize the dangers of cell phones while driving. But not you. No, even though you’ve been to specialized schooling to drive your vehicle. Heck, you’re an ambassador of your company, promoting their product. The least you could do is show some professionalism, there’s a waiting list for your job after all. How could I know this? Who would be looking at you in traffic? Most everybody, you’re driving the fucking **Weinermobile**! They should send you back to Hot Dog High and retake the Hotdogger Oath. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiners-driving-with-cell-phones-minor-ro/440187/2 "2008-03-05T15:43:00Z")
And fuck wieners who can’t spell wiener, too! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiners-driving-with-cell-phones-minor-ro/440187/3 "2008-03-05T15:46:06Z")
Well now I’m jealous. They say that driving while talking on a cell is as dangerous as driving drunk, and I’ve always kinda wanted to drive the weinermobile dead drunk. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiners-driving-with-cell-phones-minor-ro/440187/4 "2008-03-05T15:53:35Z")
[Obligatory news story link](http://www.stargazettenews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080211/NEWS01/802110323) Best evidence seems to indicate that the problem arose from the difficulty of keeping a 27-foot, 7,000-pound wiener from skidding on slippery, snow-covered roads, not from cell phone usage (nothing to suggest they were using cell phones). ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiners-driving-with-cell-phones-minor-ro/440187/5 "2008-03-05T16:35:18Z")
Now we can have someone drive while drunk and talking on a cell phone. Ah the possibilities are endless. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiners-driving-with-cell-phones-minor-ro/440187/6 "2008-03-05T16:47:35Z")
Two things, first off you are a bit late to the [party](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=455279)😃 Secondly in among all of those tube steak puns I don’t see any claim that the driver was on the cell phone. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiners-driving-with-cell-phones-minor-ro/440187/7 "2008-03-05T16:50:18Z")
No, I saw one of the Wienermobiles in Lisle yesterday and the driver was on the phone. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiners-driving-with-cell-phones-minor-ro/440187/8 "2008-03-05T17:41:08Z")
[QUOTE=kidchameleon] And fuck wieners who can’t spell wiener, too! :smack: [/QUOTE] [Martin Prince (The Simpsons)] The preferred spelling of wiener is w-i-e-n-e-r, although e-i is an acceptable ethnic variant. [/MP] ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiners-driving-with-cell-phones-minor-ro/440187/9 "2008-03-05T17:47:25Z")
[QUOTE=adam yax] [Martin Prince (The Simpsons)] The preferred spelling of wiener is w-i-e-n-e-r, although e-i is an acceptable ethnic variant. [/MP] [/QUOTE] [Nelson Muntz] smaaack…Ha-Ha That’ll teach ya, weiner boy ---
**Author:** ![THespos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@THespos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/THespos)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiners-driving-with-cell-phones-minor-ro/440187/10 "2008-03-05T21:52:34Z")
Is the wienermobile rear wheel drive? I wonder if it does donuts… ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiners-driving-with-cell-phones-minor-ro/440187/11 "2008-03-06T02:12:31Z")
[QUOTE=gonzomax] Now we can have someone drive while drunk and talking on a cell phone. Ah the possibilities are endless. [/QUOTE] Drunk dialing while driving…yikes! ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiners-driving-with-cell-phones-minor-ro/440187/12 "2008-03-06T02:32:18Z")
[QUOTE=Polycarp] [Obligatory news story link](http://www.stargazettenews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080211/NEWS01/802110323) Best evidence seems to indicate that the problem arose from the difficulty of keeping a 27-foot, 7,000-pound wiener from skidding on slippery, snow-covered roads, not from cell phone usage (nothing to suggest they were using cell phones). [/QUOTE] I heard they were trying ketchup to the car in front of them… ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiners-driving-with-cell-phones-minor-ro/440187/13 "2008-03-06T05:57:37Z")
I have a feeling this thread is going to decend into the wurst the internet has to offer. ---
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiners-driving-with-cell-phones-minor-ro/440187/14 "2008-03-06T16:10:38Z")
[QUOTE=Polycarp] [Obligatory news story link](http://www.stargazettenews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080211/NEWS01/802110323) Best evidence seems to indicate that the problem arose from the difficulty of keeping a 27-foot, 7,000-pound wiener from skidding on slippery, snow-covered roads, not from cell phone usage (nothing to suggest they were using cell phones). [/QUOTE] That story has so many bad puns in it, I’d swear it was written by a team of Dopers. ---
**Author:** ![Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamaika_a_jamaikaiake)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiners-driving-with-cell-phones-minor-ro/440187/15 "2008-03-06T23:30:18Z")
[QUOTE=kidchameleon] So I can understand while they haven’t gotten or aren’t wearing their ear piece. [/QUOTE] [Driving while chatting on a “hands-free” cellular phone is just as dangerous as driving while holding a mobile phone, according to a study conducted by the University of Utah.](http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=060815161706.0xbugxlr&show_article=1) ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiners-driving-with-cell-phones-minor-ro/440187/16 "2008-03-06T23:56:31Z")
We’ve certainly mustard up enough indignity on this subject in the past. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiners-driving-with-cell-phones-minor-ro/440187/17 "2008-03-07T00:02:32Z")
[QUOTE=Sophistry and Illusion] That story has so many bad puns in it, I’d swear it was written by a team of Dopers. [/QUOTE] Indeed, I believe that’s this year’s wiener - no, I mean _winner_, of most bad buns - no, sorry, _puns_, in a news article.