Don't look at your lottery tickets while driving

Comment #7

jim695 — Mon, 28 May 2007 12:51:59 GMT

The article doesn't specify, but I'm assuming this happened in Michigan City, Indiana. Given that, I'm genuinely surprised the offending driver wasn't charged with the attempted murder of a police officer.

I'm not defending the guy, mind you; I believe that if you're driving a car, you should be doing nothing else besides driving your car. Any distraction is dangerous, as illustrated by this incident - they weren't even on the road yet, so a much more serious accident may have been averted. I... [ More ]

Comment #6

justxploring — Fri, 25 May 2007 07:42:27 GMT

Interesting. This article is similar to a comment I posted when someone got so excited his arms went numb and he had to pull over. I wrote that people shouldn't drive and check their numbers at the same time because they get too distracted when they win.

I wonder if he was talking on his cell phone at the same time! I think they are also a hazzard on the road.

Comment #5

MegaWinner — Thu, 24 May 2007 01:50:41 GMT

Yeah, I hope so too.

Comment #4

KyMystikal — Wed, 23 May 2007 19:50:06 GMT

I hope this person had a winning ticket.

Comment #3

Kidzmom — Tue, 22 May 2007 19:09:29 GMT

That person was a FOOL

Comment #2

tnlotto1 — Tue, 22 May 2007 16:35:33 GMT

i like that commercial. im sure even if he said no she could still afford to pay for damages out of her lottery winnings.

Comment #1

RJOh — Tue, 22 May 2007 15:25:43 GMT

Sounds like a NationWide Insurance advertisement. NationWide has a TV ad that shows a women driver checking her winning lottery ticket as the numbers are being announced over the radio and running into the back of a stopped truck. The next scene is of her asking her insurance man Am I covered? .

Don't look at your lottery tickets while driving

Lottery Post — Tue, 22 May 2007 14:42:00 GMT

A Michigan City man backed into a patrol car Tuesday afternoon because he was busy looking at recently purchased lottery tickets.

La Porte County Sheriff's Deputy Derek Allen made a traffic stop in the area of Cleveland Road and U.S. 20 in Michigan City, following the vehicle into the Marathon station on U.S. 20 and parking behind an unoccupied black Subaru, according to a police report. While the officer was speaking to the driver, the owner of the black Subaru left the convenient store, go... [ More ]