Date:         Thu, 5 Nov 1998 12:04:11 -0500
Reply-To:     "James H. McCarthy" <jimhmc@MIT.EDU>
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From:         "James H. McCarthy" <jimhmc@MIT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Open container (alcohol) law & the Westy????
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FWIW:
In Massachusetts a friend stopped at a rest stop because he felt he should
rest, having had a few too many drinks.  He kept the motor running to keep
warm.  He was arrested for "driving under the influence".  Had he turned
the motor off, he would not have been "driving", nor arrested.  Jim McCarthy
>Date:    Thu, 5 Nov 1998 13:06:43 -0800
>From:    Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
>Subject: Re: Open container (alcohol) law & the Westy????
>
>Here in Norway, you can drink wherever you like in the car, store bottles
wherever you
>like, as long as you are not drinking and driving at the same time.
However, you can be
>charged with attempted drunk driving if you seat yourself behind the wheel
with too
>much alcohol in your veins, and get caught by the police, even if you
didn't intend to
>drive.
>
>PerL
>

Jim McCarthy
ex '87 Westfalia
'95 EuroVanCamper
Somerville, MA