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[Irish]

Someone can have a legal BAC, driving fine, drinking one or two beers on a drive out to the lake or whatever but since they have an open container it is a big deal?

Is it like this in other states?

I thought that was the norm.

[thopkins22]

I thought that was the norm.

Open containers only become a big deal if you're also guilty of DWI. In and of itself, a roadie is only a ticket.

[Irish]

Open containers only become a big deal if you're also guilty of DWI. In and of itself, a roadie is only a ticket.

Gotcha. I've lived in Vegas so long, the land of roadies, and never thought too much about it.

[ramairthree]

I thought that was the norm.

Christ, I just googled it and it looks like open container for a driver is as big a deal as a DUI.

How the hell can I sit down, drink three beers, drive home legal, but if have no beers , then
you have a single beer during the drive it is some huge blot on your record and a big legal deal?

God forbid I was driving a vintage Land Rover, open top with a dog not strapped down with no collar, drinking a beer, uttered the N word when some high gangster wannabe in an uninsured POS almost wrecks me, with an NRA bumper sticker, and a box of homeschooling books on the seat and got pulled over.

Is there no otherwise free, legal thought, action, or activity that cannot have huge criminal consequences now and has been regulated to serious illegal activities?

[SeriousStudent]

Texas has had open container laws for a long time, about 30+ years.

Meanwhile, let's keep the thread focused on the original topic. If somebody wants to start a thread about the wacky laws we have down here, feel free to start another thread.

[Averageman]

Texas has had open container laws for a long time, about 30+ years.

Meanwhile, let's keep the thread focused on the original topic. If somebody wants to start a thread about the wacky laws we have down here, feel free to start another thread.

I dont think it's been 30+ years more like the early 90's. I don't know how I feel about it really, I think it should be in a case by case basis there is a big difference between what she did at 3X the normal limit with an open bottle of vodka and someone transporting a open bottle of 20 year old scotch with 0 blood alcohol.
You're either drunk or you're not, thats the intent, to get drunks off of the road. All the rest is a way to feed fines and taxes in to the system and keep Attorneys working.
I'm a lot less worried about the Billy Bob's having a cold beer on the drive home than a Milf with a cell phone in her ear as she screams at the kids in the back seat, all while she eats a burger and merges in to my lane.
All that being said, if you're in Law Enforcement and especially if your digging in to ethics, you sure don't need to be doing any of the above. These folks have been given a job that holds them to a higher standard, that didn't happen in this case.