Date:         Thu, 5 Nov 1998 08:39:43 -0800
Reply-To:     Kelly Bauman <bauman@ICAN.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Kelly Bauman <bauman@ICAN.NET>
Subject:      Re: Open container (alcohol) law & the Westy????
Comments: To: YauMan Chan <YauMan@CCHEM.BERKELEY.EDU>, vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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At 15:00 04-11-98 -0800, YauMan Chan wrote:
>.... Also, it is a violation of the law to store any alcoholic beverage
which is opened or has a broken seal or partially empty in the same
contiguous areas occupied by the driver. (ie. storing opened container in
the trunk is ok)  ....

In some Canadian provinces it is illegal to transport an open container
(partially consumed with the cap back on) anywhere in the vehicle,
including the trunk.  It is also illegal in some provinces to transport
sealed alcohol containers anywhere but in the trunk.  Very draconian.  On
the other end of the scale I think in Texas you can drink and drive as long
as you don't kill any cattle :-)

Kelly Bauman
Delta, BC
'91 Westy