Article: From AAA, a Tray That Can Be Misused

At my advanced age, I try not to scream too loud. Bad for the ulcers and hairline, ya know. But Ingrid Eckstrand, of Falls Church, has just cost me some stomach lining and some follicles.

She sent word of one of the most questionable products ever to hit the market. Even more questionable: It's being offered by an outfit that should know how dangerous it is, the American Automobile Association.

The product is called an auto butler tray. You attach it to the steering wheel of a car. A shelf flips down, in the general direction of the driver's belly button.

"Simply ingenious!" crows an ad in the AAA's shopping catalogue.

Simply scary is more like it.

The AAA's ad copy suggests using the tray ...

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