Driver ends up with \u201cvery expensive lunch\u201d after getting a ticket for using rewards app at drive-thru CTV News \/ CNBCA Canadian man has ended up with a cellphone ticket after using McDonald\u2019s app for a free lunch at his local drive-thru. The driver, from Saskatoon in Canada, left work to go and grab a quick lunch. He had wanted to use a free meal that he had earned on his McDonald\u2019s app and stated that he was, \u201cbarely even moving, just rolling,\u201d when he looked in his rearview mirror to find a motorcycle cop. The driver stated that he showed the officer his phone to convince him that he was just loading up his rewards app, and he was certain that at this point, the police officer would let him go. However, it turned out to be a \u201cvery expensive lunch\u201d as the police officer went on to fine him $580 for the offence. According to a local criminal defence lawyer who appeared on a Canadian News network, there is a grey area surrounding these traffic laws: \u201cI feel sorry for this individual if he was in fact at a drive-thru and not on a public roadway.\u201d However, he did comment that he was not familiar with all the ins and outs of the case. He also went on to say that regardless of the details, ticketing people in drive-thru queues doesn\u2019t seem to be a very good use of police resources. In the US and Canada, typical road traffic laws (apart from being intoxicated at the wheel) don\u2019t apply to drive-thrus as they are technically \u2018private roads\u2019, so the usage of phones isn\u2019t illegal. McDonald\u2019s have not commented on this particular situation, but have this statement on their website: \u201cIf you are travelling alone in your vehicle, please ensure that you pull over to a suitable, safe place, stop, and switch off your engine before using McDonald\u2019s app.\u201d \u201cWhen collecting at Drive Thru there is no need for you to touch your phone.\u201d The RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) in Saskatoon disagreed with Prima\u2019s version of events, stating: \u201cRCMP can confirm that on May 13, 2024 the individual was observed driving a vehicle on a public roadway while using a cellphone.\u201d \u201cAn officer initiated a traffic stop with the individual. The individual then pulled in the McDonald\u2019s parking lot, where the traffic violation was issued.\u201d This statement from the police would suggest that he was in fact using a public road when stopped by police, and then pulled into a McDonald\u2019s parking lot afterwards. According to Canadian news, he intends to fight this fine and will appear in court on July 31st, 2024 to plead his case. It\u2019s not often that you hear of someone receiving a fine for driving to get fast food, but if you want to avoid the risk altogether, why not board the KFC gravy train instead instead?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Driver ends up with \u201cvery expensive lunch\u201d after getting a ticket for using rewards app at drive-thru CTV News \/ CNBCA Canadian man has ended up with a cellphone ticket after using McDonald\u2019s app for a free lunch at his local drive-thru. The driver, from Saskatoon in Canada, left work to go and grab a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}