# Open Containers of they Boozy Kind

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-containers-of-they-boozy-kind/59201>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 23, 2001, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-containers-of-they-boozy-kind/59201 "2001-03-23T19:57:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Darwinself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@Darwinself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwinself)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2001, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-containers-of-they-boozy-kind/59201/1 "2001-03-23T19:57:23Z")

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Texas is considering banning open containers in cars. An irrate denizen of my fair city wrote a letter to the editor of our only newspaper complaining that this would restirct his right to be a designated driver for his boozed up friends.

Am I missing something in the logic here? Could this have been sarcasm or am I overestimating my peers?

Mama Maroon

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**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2001, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-containers-of-they-boozy-kind/59201/2 "2001-03-23T23:21:09Z")

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I think what the writer of the letter was getting at is, as long as s/he’s not drinking and driving, why can’t the passengers be drinking? After all, _they_ aren’t the ones operating a motor vehicle. We (in Mn) already have the law. Just to play it safe, if I’m transporting alcohol (which I have no business doing, considering I’m not old enough to drink) I keep it in the trunk.

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**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2001, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-containers-of-they-boozy-kind/59201/3 "2001-03-23T23:33:51Z")

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I thought that _was already_ illegal everywhere. Guess I’m wrong. Oh well. I don’t see a problem with it.

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**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2001, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-containers-of-they-boozy-kind/59201/4 "2001-03-24T01:29:01Z")

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I think the idea is, when they’re pulling over Jim-Bob he can’t just pass his Lone Star over to Cletus and say “Just say it’s yours.” I thought it was illegal everywhere, too.

Must say, though, Dallas drivers seemed the most polite I’ve seen.

(OK, compare them to NY, Washington, Boston, California, etc, ANYONE seems polite)

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**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2001, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-containers-of-they-boozy-kind/59201/5 "2001-03-24T01:38:08Z")

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I don’t know…Louisiana has drive-thru daquiri stores 🙂