I was lurking around online recently and saw a Chicago Tribune headline about the 10 worst things to eat in your car. I was intrigued, so I checked out the article. Iwas particularly struck by #3 in the slideshow: SOUP. The particular picture they’ve chosen to represent soup is priceless, but it made me wonder – who eats soup in their car? Not only it is a bowl of near-boiling liquid, but it’s typically consumed using a spoon, meaning that you’re looking at zero hands on the wheel while ingesting scalding liquid.

I don’t know whether these were offered in terms of most-dangerous to least-dangerous items, or in no particular order at all, but I was really struck by the gap between some of these items. Soda also happens to be on the list, which I would argue would diminish the credibility of the list overall. Come on – soda vs. soup?

For your benefit, gentle reader, here’s the whole list:

• Coffee
• Hot Soup
• Tacos
• Chili dogs
• Hamburgers
• Barbecued Food
• Fried Chicken
• Jelly or Cream-filled donuts
• Soda
• Chocolate