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Dental Hygiene and Driving can be a Dangerous Combination in Oklahoma
A writer for NewsOK was greeted by an astonishing sight on a recent morning rush-hour drive to the office: A man brushing his teeth while driving. Most driving distractions nowadays involve electronic devices, but apparently Oklahoma has the occasional dental hygiene multi-tasker as well.
The NewsOK writer was forced to slow down when a black SUV moved speedily passed and then directly, and narrowly, in front of him. The driver of the SUV, driving about 60 mph in rush-hour traffic, moved into the lane, leaving only a few feet ahead of the writer’s car. It was then that something caught the writer’s eye through the SUV’s tinted rear window. He noticed that the lighted mirror of the sun visor was on, and so, now quite curious, he lawfully cautiously changed his lane and began passing the SUV. As he did so, he noticed that the driver of the SUV was using the mirror to brush his teeth, and he continued brushing as the writer signaled and moved in front of the SUV, which had at least slowed down.
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