I hear ya Bill. I certainly understand the need of such laws and restrictions. But I certainly also disagree with carpet bombing. Just litter the area with overwhelming rules to cover all instances, really bordering the grey(gray) area of protection/prevention to harassment.

To me a law, should individually serve a specific purpose. Arresting you becuase you have a 3 month old budweiser can in your truck is ridiculous and excessive force IMO. Everyone bitches the cops are dicks and blah blah blah (insert john babble pic here) but it isn't their fault. It's the soft belly of society THINKING it is taking care of problems by just creating more laws and heavier fines for pretty much innocent things.

Basically, the law is there because lawmakers don't trust the public. Not because the law keeps drunks off the road. I am sure the law wasn't created with the intention of no trust, but that's the result. Poor decision making skills almost always derive from emotional reasoning and not logical reasoning. (it's fun to beat this topic up, cuz who would dare argue that drinking and driving is safe. kinda like "it's for the children")

 

In Oklahoma if you can get in trouble for an opencontainer in the drivers compartment. It's cool if it's in the trunk or the bed. But you still have to be under .08. .08 or over is DUI and below .08 is DWI. Either way you are screwed. Best bet is to just get a ride and keep all open containers in the bed, If you have been drinking that nigh just don't drive at all.

 

In PA you cannot have ANY open alcohol containers in the vehicle while driving. Instant DUI or jail. I probably should of told you this before i gave you a cooler full of beer before you left my house lol

 

YEAH I AGREE... NEED TO BE VERY HARSH.... 3 FRIENDS HAVE DIED (NON DRINKING) THE PEOPLE WHO HIT 2 OF THEM DIDNT GET A SCRATCH... (WAS DRUNK) THEY DIED

OTHER 1 THE DRUNK GUY GOT A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED STITCHES AND A CUNCUSSION... OTHERWISE FINE

 

LMAO NO doubt. WOW.

I travel every where with a drink. LMAO, I almost feel bad, but I baby drinks so bad I know my BAC is waaaaay below .08. No where near it. My brother in law has breatherlizer, I tried it one time. I had a drink on the way to his house. (about same distance as a trip home from work) It barely registered. Had to do it like three times.

 

Open container includes the bed if you have a split glass window in the back of your truck. Its what ever the cop wants to do...

 

I'm confused on that.
Do they consider an opened case to be an open container? or an open can/bottle? or both?
If its an open box that's just BS.
The laws aren't like that because law makers don't trust the public, the laws are like that because it brings in money.

If cops really want to they can come into your local bar and start arresting anyone who doesn't have a DD for public intoxication. It happened in Texas.

http://www.nbc5i.com/news/8169246/detail.html

 

I didn't read the article but, that is stupid as ****. How'd they know the people weren't gonna call a cab or someone to come pick them up?

**edit** read article

Getting people in a hotel bar too!!!!!

Someone, be it the police or state or whoever woulda been getting a lawsuit on that one.

 

Absolute FACT

 

I don't like Absolute. I prefer Stoli. But, I dig the marketing of naming a vodka "FACT".