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Texas' new open-container law heads out on highways.(The Dallas Morning News)
DALLAS _ Texas' tolerant mix of cars and alcohol, which for generations made it easier to drink and drive, became another roadside casualty Saturday.
For the first time since buggies became horseless, it's illegal to drink and ride.
The open-container law outlaws what many Texans came to view as a staple of road trips, drives to sporting events or just the ride home from work _ an open can, bottle or cup of anything with alcohol in it.
Safety advocates and law enforcement groups, who tried to get the restriction passed for more than a decade, finally have seen their efforts produce a law that they say is founded on simple common sense.
"If we really want to stop drinking and driving, we need to get the alcohol out of the cars," said Bill Lewis, a spokesman for Mothers Against Drunk Driving. "The only way to do that is for the law to apply to everybody in the car.
"It's been too easy for drivers to drink and then pass it to their buddy and say, `It's not my beer. It's ...
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...John Walsh made it clear he wants an open container law banning the consumption of alcohol on public...city in Montana that doesn't have an open container law. Walsh said the open container law is necessary to help prevent underage drinking...
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...its first taste of a proposed open container law for Butte-Silver Bow County Thursday...Montana that doesn't have an open container law. Butte-Silver Bow Sheriff John Walsh...attached steps. Violations of the open container law would result in a $100 fine. Offenders...
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- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) September 1, 1988 700+ words
...agreed Wednesday to act on an open container law, but decided to delay a decision on...public hearing in October on an open container law, which Councilman Chris Morrell said...public drinking. "Without the open container law, law enforcement can do little to...
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- Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) CHIEF ROBERT RE May 16, 1994 700+ words
...Bergen County, NJ) 05-16-1994 CONTAINER LAW IS CLEAR By CHIEF ROBERT RE Date...like more information on: the open-container law. What does it cover, and what are...container such as a cup or glass. The open container law is relatively simple to prove. The...
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- Newspaper article from: St. Joseph News-Press Erica Mendez July 13, 2009 700+ words
Missouri's current open-container law allows passengers in vehicles to keep drinking alcohol, whether...interlock law. He said he believes a discussion over the open-container law may come up in the future. However, he has reservations...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 8, 1984 700+ words
...vote by the Temporary State Commission on the Returnable Container Law (TSC) that supported a legislative amendment extending...conditions associated with the nine-month-old Returnable Container Law (formerly, the "Bottle Bill"). Commissioner Steisel...
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- Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN) April 3, 1994 700+ words
...ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THE PRINTED VERSION. CAMPAIGN '94 Sen. Thomas Wyss' longtime campaign for an open container law has fueled a movement by bar owners to vote him out of the General Assembly. The Fourth District Indiana Licensed Beverage...
- MALTA READIES HEARING ON OPEN-CONTAINER LAW.(Local)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) September 7, 1988 700+ words
...public hearing scheduled by the Town Board at its Tuesday meeting. Councilman Christopher Morrell has proposed an open-container law for the town in response to increased numbers of teenagers drinking in parking lots since the state raised the legal alcohol...
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