Drinking in a parked car - illegal?

[slackerinabox]

So I went to a party last night and was about to pregame by drinking a can of Bud Light, after parking my car and removing the keys. My friend / passenger freaked out and said that the act was illegal. Was she right?

I didn't drive home drunk, by the way.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

you may be cited for open container. ymmv.

 

[apac]

Yes.

 

[Parasitic]

Is there a Dunkin Donut or a popular police hangout nearby?
If so then yes.

 

[MedicBob]

Depends. On. The. State.

 

[Parasitic]

Originally posted by: MedicBob
Depends. On. The. State.

More like depends on if the police offer is pissed off or almost missing his quota.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: MedicBob
Depends. On. The. State.

QFT!

/thread

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: freedomsbeat212
So I went to a party last night and was about to pregame by drinking a can of Bud Light, after parking my car and removing the keys. My friend / passenger freaked out and said that the act was illegal. Was she right?

I didn't drive home drunk, by the way.

Open container here.

You go to jail for "Intent to Drive Drunk".

 

[ric1287]

Originally posted by: Parasitic

Originally posted by: MedicBob
Depends. On. The. State.

More like depends on if the police offer is pissed off or almost missing his quota.

awww, someone get busted one too many times for speeding in their ricer?

 

[Parasitic]

Originally posted by: ric1287

Originally posted by: Parasitic

Originally posted by: MedicBob
Depends. On. The. State.

More like depends on if the police offer is pissed off or almost missing his quota.

awww, someone get busted one too many times for speeding in their ricer?

Living in a college town and having seen too many police officers abuse their authority, ticket college students for innocuous acts, and leave bums publicly drinking and smoking weed and rich old men/women socialites driving Lexus and Mercedes recklessly alone.

Edit: I fail at editing.

 

[Kelemvor]

Normally you can't get the Intent to Drive thing unless the keys are in the ignition. However drinking in public / open container in public can get you. Doubt it would be that bad though unless the cop was just being a dick.

 

[ric1287]

Originally posted by: Parasitic

Originally posted by: ric1287

Originally posted by: Parasitic

Originally posted by: MedicBob
Depends. On. The. State.

More like depends on if the police offer is pissed off or almost missing his quota.

awww, someone get busted one too many times for speeding in their ricer?

Living in a college town and having seen too many police officers abuse their authority, ticket college students for innocuous acts, and leave bums publicly drinking and smoking weed and rich old men/women socialites driving Lexus and Mercedes recklessly alone.

Edit: I fail at editing.

so the couple hundred cops in your town must obviously represent the entire police population. quality reasoning

 

[George P Burdell]

Why am I not surprised :roll:

 

[nick1985]

Nanny law for dumbasses who need their hand held to live.

 

[Parasitic]

Originally posted by: ric1287

Originally posted by: Parasitic

Originally posted by: ric1287

Originally posted by: Parasitic

Originally posted by: MedicBob
Depends. On. The. State.

More like depends on if the police offer is pissed off or almost missing his quota.

awww, someone get busted one too many times for speeding in their ricer?

Living in a college town and having seen too many police officers abuse their authority, ticket college students for innocuous acts, and leave bums publicly drinking and smoking weed and rich old men/women socialites driving Lexus and Mercedes recklessly alone.

Edit: I fail at editing.

so the couple hundred cops in your town must obviously represent the entire police population. quality reasoning

so the one internet post complaining about police justice must obviously imply the poster is a speeding ricer. quality reasoning

 

[The Stigenator]

she is right.. its illegal.. go directly to jail, do not pass go and do not collect the 200.

 

[Throckmorton]

Originally posted by: nick1985
Nanny law for dumbasses who need their hand held to live.

You're missing the point of this thread and missing the point of drunk driving laws at the same time

 

[rhino56]

if your car is on your private property you can do what you want. if its on public property the keys in the ignition mean nothing. its the same as sitting on a park bench and drinking.

 

[imported_LoKe]

You can't even pass out drunk in the drivers seat.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: rhino56
if your car is on your private property you can do what you want. if its on public property the keys in the ignition mean nothing. its the same as sitting on a park bench and drinking.

Public intoxication?

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: nick1985
Nanny law for dumbasses who need their hand held to live.

you make it sound like drunk drivers only hurt themselves

 

[dabuddha]

Originally posted by: Parasitic

Originally posted by: ric1287

Originally posted by: Parasitic

Originally posted by: ric1287

Originally posted by: Parasitic

Originally posted by: MedicBob
Depends. On. The. State.

More like depends on if the police offer is pissed off or almost missing his quota.

awww, someone get busted one too many times for speeding in their ricer?

Living in a college town and having seen too many police officers abuse their authority, ticket college students for innocuous acts, and leave bums publicly drinking and smoking weed and rich old men/women socialites driving Lexus and Mercedes recklessly alone.

Edit: I fail at editing.

so the couple hundred cops in your town must obviously represent the entire police population. quality reasoning

so the one internet post complaining about police justice must obviously imply the poster is a speeding ricer. quality reasoning

I had to post this. Awesome comeback! :thumbsup:

 

[SacrosanctFiend]

You can in Tennessee. Hell, some friends and I were driving back from a Braves game, and once we hit the Georgia/Tennessee border coming home, all of us (minus the driver) cracked open a beer and tried to finish a case before we made it back home. We succeeded.

 

[evident]

Originally posted by: Parasitic

Originally posted by: ric1287

Originally posted by: Parasitic

Originally posted by: MedicBob
Depends. On. The. State.

More like depends on if the police offer is pissed off or almost missing his quota.

awww, someone get busted one too many times for speeding in their ricer?

Living in a college town and having seen too many police officers abuse their authority, ticket college students for innocuous acts, and leave bums publicly drinking and smoking weed and rich old men/women socialites driving Lexus and Mercedes recklessly alone.

Edit: I fail at editing.

sounds like radnor twp cops at villanova

 

[evident]

Originally posted by: freedomsbeat212
So I went to a party last night and was about to pregame by drinking a can of Bud Light, after parking my car and removing the keys. My friend / passenger freaked out and said that the act was illegal. Was she right?

I didn't drive home drunk, by the way.

isn't this legal at a tailgate ?