Beginning the day with a healthy breakfast is all well and good, but eating a bowl of cereal while behind the wheel of your car is a definite no-no, police say.
Dunedin police yesterday staged a series of checkpoints around the city which targeted driver distractions.
Officers expected cellphone rather than cereal users to be the main offenders, so were stunned to see a motorist driving hands-free in Crawford St while eating from a cereal bowl.
The man was stopped, spoken to, and cautioned for careless driving, Constable Steve Wykes said.
Overall, police issued nine infringement notices to drivers caught using cellphones while driving.
